Re: [Tinycc-devel] Building sudo?

[Michael Matz]

Hello,

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020, James Mills wrote:

> Hi guys,
> Tried to build sudo with tcc and it fails with:
>
> libtool: link: (cd .libs/sudoers.lax/libparsesudoers.a && ar 
> x"/usr/ports/sudo/build/src/sudo-1.9.3p1/plugins/sudoers/./.libs/libparsesud
> oers.a")
> usage: tcc -ar [rcsv] lib file...
> create library ([abdioptxN] not supported).
> make[1]: *** [Makefile:277: sudoers.la] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> '/usr/ports/sudo/build/src/sudo-1.9.3p1/plugins/sudoers'
> make: *** [Makefile:108: all] Error 2
> #

TCCs own 'ar' functionality is very limited, it's not a full replacement.

> Is tcc missing a feature needed here? Is there a work-around?

Yes, don't alias 'ar' to 'tcc -ar'.


Ciao,
Michael.