Bug 2095 - gcc-cross: avoid creating invalid symlinks
Summary: gcc-cross: avoid creating invalid symlinks
Status: CLOSED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: devtools / tool chain (show other bugs)
Version: 1.2
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Undecided normal
Target Milestone: 1.2 M4
Assignee: Robert Yang
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Reported: 2012-03-14 07:24 UTC by Robert Yang
Modified: 2012-03-15 02:26 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Yang 2012-03-14 07:24:38 UTC 
There are several invalid symlinks in gcc-cross-initial, gcc-cross-intermediate and gcc-cross, these cause the error:(56 errors)

tmp/work/i586-poky-linux/gcc-cross-initial-4.6.3+svnr184847-r23/temp/log.do_populate_sysroot:
log.do_populate_sysroot:grep: /path/to/invalid/symlink: No such file or directory

Avoid creating invalid symlinks would fix this problem.
Comment 2 Robert Yang 2012-03-15 02:26:07 UTC 
We should keep these symlinks.

Comments from RP:

The problem is that the location we're symlinking to may not be installed yet. For example, gcc provides "${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc" but it won't be installed at the location we point at until after gcc's populate_sysroot function runs. The tests you're using are therefore not adding as many symlinks as we need.