Mach XFree86 build error - preferred workaround?
John Dalbec
jpdalbec at ysu.edu
Thu Mar 4 22:03:34 UTC 2004
Building XFree86 fails with:
egrep: /proc/stat: no such file or directory
This is the offending section of the .spec file:
%if %{ParallelBuild}
numprocs=$(( $(egrep -c ^cpu[0-9]+ /proc/stat || :) * 2 ))
[ "$numprocs" = "0" ] && numprocs=1
echo "PARALLEL MAKE ENABLED: numprocs=$numprocs"
%else
numprocs=1
%endif
Is there a mach-compatible way to accomplish the same thing?
Should I add /proc/stat as a BuildRequires?
I'm trying various workarounds to be able to access /proc/stat, but it doesn't
help that the build is run as a non-root user. My latest attempt is to add
"none /proc proc defaults,user 0 0" to /etc/fstab and add the "mount" commands
below:
%if %{ParallelBuild}
[ -f /proc/stat ] || mount /proc || mount /proc -o remount || :
numprocs=$(( $(egrep -c ^cpu[0-9]+ /proc/stat || :) * 2 ))
[ "$numprocs" = "0" ] && numprocs=1
echo "PARALLEL MAKE ENABLED: numprocs=$numprocs"
%else
numprocs=1
%endif
The remount is because /etc/mtab seems to have mount entries for /proc already.
My workaround appears to have worked. At least the scrolling is much faster
now. I had to restart the build with nohup because it's close to quittin' time
and I don't leave my Windows box on overnight.
Does mach require a terminal? I tried redirecting stdout and stderr and I still
got status messages printed to the terminal. I've closed my SSH window. Will
mach wait for TTY output all night instead of building the package?
Thanks,
John
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