Re: [ptxdist] nodejs build problems

[Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>]

On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 03:45:31PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
> Hello folks,
> 
> This is my first time trying to build nodejs for arm-v7a-linux-gnueabif and
> I'm not having much luck.  It's failing at the "nodejs.prepare" stage in the
> `try_check_compiler(CXX, 'c++)` call in "configure.py:
> 
> ---------------------[8<]------------------------
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/mnt/lindata/work/abbotti/ptxdist/projects/its-ipt4-demo/platform-its-ipt4v2/build-target/node-v20.11.0/./configure",
> line 29, in <module>
> Node.js configure: Found Python 3.11.2...
>     import configure
>   File "/mnt/lindata/work/abbotti/ptxdist/projects/its-ipt4-demo/platform-its-ipt4v2/build-target/node-v20.11.0/configure.py",
> line 2026, in <module>
>     check_compiler(output)
>   File "/mnt/lindata/work/abbotti/ptxdist/projects/its-ipt4-demo/platform-its-ipt4v2/build-target/node-v20.11.0/configure.py",
> line 1038, in check_compiler
>     ok, is_clang, clang_version, gcc_version = try_check_compiler(CXX,
> 'c++')
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   File "/mnt/lindata/work/abbotti/ptxdist/projects/its-ipt4-demo/platform-its-ipt4v2/build-target/node-v20.11.0/configure.py",
> line 944, in try_check_compiler
>     gcc_version = tuple(map(int, values[1:1+3]))
>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '__STDC__'
> make: *** [/usr/local/lib/ptxdist-2024.03.0/rules/nodejs.make:84: /mnt/lindata/work/abbotti/ptxdist/projects/its-ipt4-demo/platform-its-ipt4v2/state/nodejs.prepare]
> Error 1
> ---------------------[>8]------------------------
> 
> This is being built in a Debian 12 ("bookworm") schroot.  (I also get the
> same problem when building in my usual Debian "testing" environment.)
> 
> As you can see, I am using ptxdist-2024.03.0. The selected_toolchain is
> `/opt/OSELAS.Toolchain-2023.07.1/arm-v7a-linux-gnueabihf/gcc-13.2.1-clang-16.0.6-glibc-2.37-binutils-2.40-kernel-6.3.6-sanitized/bin`.
> 
> I tried downgrading to the nodejs-v18.13.0 rules and patch series from
> ptxdist-2024.01.0, but it fails in the same way, so I think there is some
> incompatibility between that `try_check_compiler` function and the
> toolchain.
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone else has seen the same problem and managed to solve
> it?

Hmmm, I've not seen this in my build tests. And I'm testing that
combination as well. If you run ptxdist with '-v' then the whole compiler
commandline is recorded in the logfile (with a 'wrapper:' prefix). Maybe
call it manually to see what actually happens here.

Michael

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