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Re: compiling arla on Solaris5.6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Janne Johansson)
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Subject: Re: compiling arla on Solaris5.6
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> > I get this:
> > ld -r -o ./xfs xfs_deb.o xfs_common.o xfs_dev.o xfs_message.o xfs_node.o xfs_syscalls.o xfs_vfsops.o xfs_vnodeops.o xfs_wrap.o
> > ld: cannot open output file ./xfs: Is a directory
> >
> > ...which is true.
> >
> > arla-src-dir/xfs/solaris/xfs is the directory containing includes.
>
> This is because we normally don't compile in the source directory, but
> in a separate directory. The linked binary should probably be named
> xfs.o or something like that. I don't know about what Solaris expects
> from the module's filename.
>
> Did you manage to load the module and get arla working?
I haven't tested that yet, I started testing arla some 30 minutes ago, except
for the more-or-less pre-made arla you get with OpenBSD.
I know it says recommended about not doing like I did, but
still, in this case, the README shouldn't say:
- `./configure' in the source directory,
..if it causes trouble like this.
Whatever...
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