0000861: buildroot jail unable to compile busybox --- "missing" output directory

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0000861

[buildroot] Other

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05-01-06 19:33

02-12-07 05:42

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zugvogel

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buildroot

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fixed

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0000861: buildroot jail unable to compile busybox --- "missing" output directory

Description

Background: I am attempting to use buildroot as a root jail for making components to be linked against uClibc. For the jail, I am using an unwrapped copy of the ext2 target file system as produced by buildroot.

Symptom: I am attempting to rebuild busybox inside the jail with my own setting. Unfortunately, "make menuconfig" (or just "make" with a planted .config) fails with the following ominous error:

/tmp/busybox $ make
Makefile:72: *** output directory "/tmp/busybox" does not exist. Stop.

The listed output directory does exist (relative to chroot) as I am currently in it. Disabling the check in the makefile results in a segfault instead--- so
I would guess that the "missing" output directory is just a symptom of something more sinister going on.

Additional Information

As buildroot's bash does not work (see pre-existing bug report) I am using ash as my jail shell. However, I the same thing happens if I plant a statically linked bash in the jail and use that instead.

Please let me know if I you need any more specifics pertaining to configuration, host system (actually it's OpenSuSE 10.0, i686), and such.

Thanks!

Frank

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(0001344) zugvogel 05-04-06 18:34	Tried the same trick on a plain vanilla Debian 3.1r1. Same result (i.e. I get a toolchain that does not compile busybox). Will now try to reproduce the toolchain using the busybox/uClibc snapshots that were used for the "preassembled" i386 toolchain (basically, a sanity check). Will update once I have some results. Frank

(0001903) bernhardf 12-21-06 04:05	Any update on this? busybox now has approached 1.3.0 and buildroot recently received quite some changes, so please retest.

(0002103) bernhardf 02-04-07 09:04	Assumed to be fixed with current setups.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
05-01-06 19:33	zugvogel	New Issue
05-01-06 19:33	zugvogel	Status	new => assigned
05-01-06 19:33	zugvogel	Assigned To	=> uClibc
05-04-06 18:34	zugvogel	Note Added: 0001344
12-21-06 04:05	bernhardf	Note Added: 0001903
12-21-06 04:05	bernhardf	Status	assigned => feedback
02-04-07 09:04	bernhardf	Status	feedback => closed
02-04-07 09:04	bernhardf	Note Added: 0002103
02-04-07 09:05	bernhardf	Resolution	open => fixed
02-12-07 05:42	vapier	Status	closed => assigned
02-12-07 05:42	vapier	Assigned To	uClibc => buildroot