Compiling glibc 2.7 on Ubuntu 7.10

[sriram.venkataramani]

I'm trying to compile glibc 2.7 on Ubuntu 7.10 (Kernel Version 2.6.22-14). So here's what I've done till now -

1. Downloaded and extracted the glibc source from http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.7.tar.gz
2. Made a separate glibc-build directory from which I did a configure.

../libidn/configure --prefix=/usr --disable-profile --enable-add-ons --enable-kernel=2.6.22 --libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc

3, This generated the Makefile and I did a make at which point it fails with the following error.

/home/vsriram/Desktop/glibc-build/elf/librtld.os: In function `print_statistics':
/home/vsriram/Desktop/libidn/elf/rtld.c:2800: undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail_local'
/home/vsriram/Desktop/glibc-build/elf/librtld.os: In function `process_dl_debug':
/home/vsriram/Desktop/libidn/elf/rtld.c:2436: undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail_local'
/home/vsriram/Desktop/glibc-build/elf/librtld.os: In function `process_envvars':
/home/vsriram/Desktop/libidn/elf/rtld.c:2695: undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail_local'
/home/vsriram/Desktop/glibc-build/elf/librtld.os: In function `dl_main':
/home/vsriram/Desktop/libidn/elf/rtld.c:2316: undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail_local'
/home/vsriram/Desktop/glibc-build/elf/librtld.os: In function `print_search_path':
/home/vsriram/Desktop/libidn/elf/dl-load.c:1567: undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail_local'
/home/vsriram/Desktop/glibc-build/elf/librtld.os:/home/vsriram/Desktop/libidn/elf/dl-load.c:1787: more undefined references to `__stack_chk_fail_local' follow
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [/home/vsriram/Desktop/glibc-build/elf/ld.so] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/vsriram/Desktop/libidn/elf'
make[1]: *** [elf/subdir_lib] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/vsriram/Desktop/libidn'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Now I googled "__stack_chk_fail_local" and found that it had to with the stack protection that Ubuntu provides and it can be disabled by setting the CFLAGS with -fno-stack-protector. Now I did this using export CFLAGS=" -fno-stack-protector -fno-stack-protector-all" and that still gives me the above error.

Couple of notable things:

a. I set the CFLAGS to export " -fno-stack-protector -fno-stack-protector-all" before doing the ./configure and I get the following error:

checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile
See `config.log' for more details.

If I unset CFLAGS configure works fine again.

b. I tried compiling glibc 2.6.1 and get the exact same error.

What is going on? How can I fix this?

Thanks!

[mlind]

why exactly you want to compile newer glibc?

[sriram.venkataramani]

I am working on this checkpointing software and it fails only in Ubuntu (6.10+). I believe it is a problem with whatever changes Ubuntu people might have made to glibc and want to compile a vanilla glibc and check if the checkpointing software works using the same.

[elmasto]

I am getting the same error. Any ideas? Thanks.

[Partyboi2]

I am getting the same error. Any ideas? Thanks.

Did you find a way around this error? I have run into the same problem.

[khalidsafwat]

what gcc version are you using ?

[Partyboi2]

I was using glibc 2.5 but I have got it compiled successfully now. Thanks

[rahuldhur]

Hello venkat.....

could you please tell me how u resolved ur problem.....
..
Thanks in advance....

[sriram.venkataramani]

We did get a solution to this problem. The issue was with the Stack Smashing protection that Ubuntu's glibc has. We fixed the issue by adding -fno-stack-protection in the Makefile. A more detailed solution is available here and here.

[StoneSledge]

Hi Sriram, thanks for the input. I've managed to extract the build params they used for building glibc-2.7 for the Hardy release, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=867674.
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Regards,
Lars.