[uClinux-dev] BusyBox issues

[Steve Bennett]

Hi Bob,

This often (always?) happens if you reconfigure busybox and rebuild.
The solution is simply to clean out busybox after reconfiguring to  
ensure
that everything is rebuilt.

$ make user/busybox_clean

Cheers,
Steve

On 22/02/2007, at 10:45 AM, Robert S. Grimes wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure, but it seems BusyBox is difficult to build.  I don't  
> really know what is going on, but here's my experience so far.
>
> The first time I attempted to build uClinux (uClinux-dist-20070130,  
> target board M5329EVB, ColdFire 5329), I selected a goodly number  
> of BusyBox "commands".  It would not build, seeming to fail during  
> linking.  So I reconfigured without it, and it all built fine.
>
> Then, I needed insmod, which seems to only ,be in BusyBox.  I added  
> it, selecting insmod (and I think find) and it built properly this  
> time.  Later, I added some more, and then it would not build again!
>
> So, I removed BusyBox, built the uClinux image just fine.  Then, I  
> reconfigured to include it, and just insmod, and it built again.
>
> I wish I wrote down the errors, but I recall they were of the form  
> 'main_more not found' (or perhaps 'more_main'?).  Others include  
> main_ls, main_ls, main_mv (or again, the other order?).  So I'm  
> wondering: is there some sort of conflict between BusyBox  
> "commands" and their "standalone" equivalents?  Or am I missing  
> something?  It seems building BusyBox is rather fragile, but I  
> think it is something I'm doing wrong - is that right?
>
> Thanks, all!
> -Bob
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