[uClinux-dev] Build error on dist-test

[David McCullough]

Jivin Brandon Fosdick lays it down ...
> I'm building for a largely default config, the only changes being 
> Vendor=Philips and Product=LPC2294. The build fails like so...
> ---
> romfs-inst.sh -e CONFIG_USER_NET_TOOLS_ARP      //sbin/arp
> cp: cannot create regular file 
> `/home/bfoz/Downloads/uClinux-dist-test/romfs//sbin/arp': Permission denied
> make[2]: *** [romfs] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory 
> `/home/bfoz/Downloads/uClinux-dist-test/user/net-tools'
> make[1]: *** [romfs] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bfoz/Downloads/uClinux-dist-test/user'
> make: *** [romfs.subdirs] Error 1
> ---
> 
> romfs/sbin is a symlink to /bin, so the install script tries to install 
> arp in the host system's /bin. Good thing I wasn't building as root.
> 
> The culprit appears to be a conflict between 
> vendors/Philips/LPC2294/Makefile:49 which symlinks romfs/sbin to /bin 
> and user/net-tools/Makefile:100 which decides to install things in 
> romfs/sbin. Which one is correct? Break the link or install to romfs/bin?

Don't create the symlink,  just create the directory or you can try
this:

	$(ROMFSINST) -s bin /sbin

Cheers,
Davidm

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