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Bug 698708 - grub requires building against glibc-static.i686 on x86_64 based systems
Summary: grub requires building against glibc-static.i686 on x86_64 based systems
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: grub
Version: 6.1
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 6.1
Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Release Test Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 702988
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Reported: 2011-04-21 14:59 UTC by Robert M Williams
Modified: 2012-07-07 22:10 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
When rebuilding the grub package on the x86_64 architecture, the glibc-static.i686 package must be used. Using the glibc-static.x86_64 package will not meet the build requirements.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-04-21 15:22:02 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Patch for grub-0.97 failing to build on x86_64 hosts (747 bytes, patch)
2012-07-07 22:10 UTC, Nico Kadel-Garcia 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Robert M Williams 2011-04-21 14:59:47 UTC 
Description of problem:
grub requires building against glibc-static.i686 on x86_64 based systems

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
grub-0.97-70.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
grub build fails unless build against static 32-bit version of glibc

Expected results:
grub builds on x86_64 platforms without need to specify specific library

Additional info:
Comment 3 David Cantrell 2011-04-21 15:22:02 UTC 
grub has to build this way, even on x86_64 systems.  It must build against
glibc-static.i686 and /usr/lib/crt1.o.
Comment 4 David Cantrell 2011-04-21 15:22:02 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
If you want to rebuild the grub package, you must use the glibc-static.i686 package and not the glibc-static.x86_64 package to meet the build requirements.
Comment 6 Ryan Lerch 2011-05-10 23:30:39 UTC 
    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1 +1 @@
-If you want to rebuild the grub package, you must use the glibc-static.i686 package and not the glibc-static.x86_64 package to meet the build requirements.+When rebuilding the grub package on the x86_64 architecture, the glibc-static.i686 package must be used. Using the glibc-static.x86_64 package will not meet the build requirements.
Comment 7 Nico Kadel-Garcia 2012-07-07 22:10:18 UTC 
Created attachment 596819 [details]
Patch for grub-0.97 failing to build on x86_64 hosts

This *actually solves* the grub dependency problem of requiring glibc-static.i686 on x86_64 architecture, and applies the solution only to the x86_64 build environment to avoid adventures on PPC or other architectures.
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