Library Unwind

[Giorgos]

I need unwind library installed on Freebsd. So i downloaded the unwind.tar.gz file. How can i install this library into the system? If it's not portable what are the basic steps to port it in freebsd (64-bit) ?

Basically, when i try to configure the package then i get:

loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `amd64-unknown-freebsd8.0': machine `amd64-unknown' not recognized

checking target system type... Invalid configuration `amd64-unknown-freebsd8.0': machine `amd64-unknown' not recognized

checking build system type... Invalid configuration `amd64-unknown-freebsd8.0': machine `amd64-unknown' not recognized

checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for mawk... (cached) gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) cc -E
checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc
checking for ld used by GCC... (cached) /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... (cached) yes
checking for BSD-compatible nm... (cached) /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes
loading cache ./config.cache within ltconfig
ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify'
Try `ltconfig --help' for more information.
configure: error: libtool configure failed

[SirDice]

How can i install this library into the system?
That really depends on the application or library and how it's written. Why do you need it?

If it's not portable what are the basic steps to port it in freebsd (64-bit) ?
It's all explained in the Porter's Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/) (yes, another handbook ;) )

[LateNiteTV]

can you post the config script?

[tim-m89]

libunwind 0.99 from here (http://ftp.twaren.net/Unix/NonGNU/libunwind/) configured fine for me but couldn't build without a few changes then a quick google search found this (http://people.freebsd.org/~bms/dump/libunwind-amd64-now.diff)

[Giorgos]

how to apply this patch? i mean i write patch < "name of patch.diff" but then it ask me to write what file to patch how can i know what file to patch?

Ok i found the way patch works.

[Giorgos]

ok i downloaded the file libunwind-0.99.tar.gz and the .diff file. I applied the patches and i got an error:


Making all in src
make all-am
depbase=`echo ptrace/_UPT_elf.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||'`; gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../include -I../include -I../include/tdep-
x86_64 -I. -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -g -O2 -fexceptions -Wall -Wsign-compare -MT ptrace/_UPT_elf.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o
ptrace/_UPT_elf.o ptrace/_UPT_elf.c && mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po
In file included from ptrace/_UPT_elf.c:4:
../include/libunwind_i.h:69:5: error: #error Host has unknown byte-order.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/home/gfot/test/libunwind-0.99/src.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/home/gfot/test/libunwind-0.99/src.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/home/gfot/test/libunwind-0.99.

[Giorgos]

@LateNiteTV
i include this tar file with a script and some output files in case that may help.