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Bootstrap packages fail to build due to mes-libc lacking 'stat64' etc. syscalls

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From: Carl Dong <contact <at> carldong.me>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 49985 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49985: bash-mesboot0: Inscrutable error in build phase
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:37:38 -0400

Mathieu,

I think this was exactly the problem, because mounting a tmpfs at /tmp solved it. Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
Carl Dong

> On Aug 19, 2021, at 12:20 PM, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Carl,
> 
>> The error line is L1299: "make: stat:Makefile: sterror: unknown error”
> 
> This reminds me of:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2020-05/msg00335.html.
> 
> I never took the time to fix this issue. Bottom line is that building
> the bootstrap toolchain fails on NVME disks because some syscalls
> (stat64, lstat64 and fstat64) need to be implemented in GNU Mes.
> 
> There's a small demonstration program that you can use to demonstrate
> this theory :).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu

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