Problems setting up distcc on Ubuntu 11.10 server x86 (VBox)

[moonman]

It seems that whatever crosstool-ng downloads for distcc lacks some components in the tarball so it errors out. The official website doesn't yet have the ports nor the glibc 2.15 for download so here's the tarballs that I created from git:

glibc-ports-2.15.tar.bzR
glibc-2.15.tar.bzR

place them in ~/cross/src

[moonman]

NVM, Don't use those file. I thought I had it figured out because it extacter and patched all the files and didn't error out, but the compilation fails now.

[kmihelich]

I added the glibc 2.15 tarball I use (which is just renamed/repackaged from upstream) to the ct-ng page on the main site. The ports tarball I use for both the released native toolchain and my ct-ng installs has been there as well.

[moonman]

Much appreciated kmihelich!

[moonman]

Yet again it fails lib-names.h is missing. Same error as with the git version
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[ALL ] ./scripts/mkinstalldirs /home/oleg/x-tools/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/sysroot/usr/include/gnu
[ALL ] /home/oleg/cross/bin/.build/tools/bin/install -c -m 644 /home/oleg/cross/bin/.build/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/build/build-libc-startfiles/gnu/lib-names.h /home/oleg/x-tools/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/sysroot/usr/include/gnu/lib-names.h
[ALL ] /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `/home/oleg/cross/bin/.build/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/build/build-libc-startfiles/gnu/lib-names.h': No such file or directory
[ERROR] make[2]: *** [/home/oleg/x-tools/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/sysroot/usr/include/gnu/lib-names.h] Error 1
[ALL ] make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/oleg/cross/bin/.build/src/glibc-2.15'
[ERROR] make[1]: *** [install-headers] Error 2
[ALL ] make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/oleg/cross/bin/.build/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/build/build-libc-startfiles'
[ERROR]
[ERROR] >>
[ERROR] >> Build failed in step 'Installing C library headers & start files'
[ERROR] >> called in step '(top-level)'
[ERROR] >>
[ERROR] >> Error happened in: CT_DoExecLog[scripts/functions@172]
[ERROR] >> called from: do_libc_backend_once[scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common@381]
[ERROR] >> called from: do_libc_backend[scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common@144]
[ERROR] >> called from: do_libc_start_files[scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common@60]
[ERROR] >> called from: main[scripts/crosstool-NG.sh@597]
[ERROR] >>
[ERROR] >> For more info on this error, look at the file: 'build.log'
[ERROR] >> There is a list of known issues, some with workarounds, in:
[ERROR] >> '/home/oleg/cross/share/doc/crosstool-ng/ct-ng.1.14.1/B - Known issues.txt'
[ERROR]
[ERROR] (elapsed: 48:14.48)

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EDIT: Changed subject of the topic

[kmihelich]

Not sure what you're doing different, everything built fine for me. Since I'm running 11.10 myself, I blame your VirtualBox.

[moonman]

Are you using vmware or you just have ubuntu running on your PC? Are you running x64?

I will try it on my desktop with lubuntu 11.10 x64. Just didn't want to mess with a working OS.

[kmihelich]

Specifically, it's Kubuntu x64, and it's on my desktop. The whole process won't mess with your running installation at all.. the way I wrote the guide, everything happens within ~/cross and ~/x-tools(7h). Distcc is just like any other package.. if you're tired of it completely.. apt-get purge. No harm done.

[moonman]

Thanks. Will try x64 in VBox first though
I hate Unity in ubuntu by the way

[kmihelich]

I wouldn't know, I've been a KDE person forever. You should try it