[Nix-dev] binutils missing libbfd

[Bjørn Forsman]

On 3 March 2017 at 00:27, Nawal Husnoo <nawal at husnoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to build simulavr, using the script below. However, it's not
> finding *binutils-2.27/lib/libbfd.so
>
>
> bfd search-
> /nix/store/43cpb15i8jjing1gwn8rmbg80lhl8kqv-binutils-2.27/lib/libbfd.la in
> "include" and ""... no
> configure: error:
>     Could not locate libbfd.so/libbfd.a and/or bfd.h.
>
>
> But it's possible to have it installed:
>
> $ ls /nix/store/*binutils*/lib/libbfd*
> /nix/store/2mvblw8kq86ncaidjrp3x4rssy1lhlhi-binutils-2.27/lib/libbfd-2.27.so
> /nix/store/2mvblw8kq86ncaidjrp3x4rssy1lhlhi-binutils-2.27/lib/libbfd.la
> /nix/store/2mvblw8kq86ncaidjrp3x4rssy1lhlhi-binutils-2.27/lib/libbfd.so
> /nix/store/b7sf8p9fgjlrwr1ndwvwdy71lfnn02pv-binutils-2.27-lib/lib/libbfd-2.27.so
> /nix/store/b7sf8p9fgjlrwr1ndwvwdy71lfnn02pv-binutils-2.27-lib/lib/libbfd.la
> /nix/store/b7sf8p9fgjlrwr1ndwvwdy71lfnn02pv-binutils-2.27-lib/lib/libbfd.so
> /nix/store/cwxfpjwr4fp6mhyfc46pj0apy4w4dwyr-binutils-2.27-lib/lib/libbfd-2.27.so
> /nix/store/cwxfpjwr4fp6mhyfc46pj0apy4w4dwyr-binutils-2.27-lib/lib/libbfd.la
> /nix/store/cwxfpjwr4fp6mhyfc46pj0apy4w4dwyr-binutils-2.27-lib/lib/libbfd.so
> /nix/store/j1myzr7f9139kckijcy6yqv4l62vml8j-binutils-2.27-lib/lib/libbfd-2.27.so
> /nix/store/j1myzr7f9139kckijcy6yqv4l62vml8j-binutils-2.27-lib/lib/libbfd.la
> /nix/store/j1myzr7f9139kckijcy6yqv4l62vml8j-binutils-2.27-lib/lib/libbfd.so

I had the same problem in 2014[1]. Didn't solve it :-)

According to "./configure --help", the binutils package needs to be
the one cross-compiled for AVR.

Do you know how simulavr compares to simavr? simulavr seems pretty
dead, whereas simavr maintainer just put out a release. Or is simulavr
simply "completed"?

[1]: https://github.com/bjornfor/nixpkgs/tree/avr-stuff

Best regards,
Bjørn Forsman