rsync - Mar 2002 - Compiling on a Cobalt RaQ1

Hello,

I've downloaded version 2.5.2 and I tried compiling that one on a Cobalt
RaQ1 server (maybe anyone has heard of them, they have that neat blue front).
What I want is to make the RaQ1 a remote backup server, so I thought Rsync would
be usefull...
The compilation did not work, it stalled trying to compile clientserver.c (or
something, I cannot acces the RaQ from where I am now). There was something
about a undeclared function. I also got a load of warnings before that error...
The same problem occures with package 2.5.1.

But the interesting part is that the very same package DOES compile on a
standard RedHat 7.1 firewall box.
That box has a newer version of gcc, so maybe that is the reason? The RaQ1 has
version 2.7.something, and the RH 7.1 box has 2.9... What version of gcc does
Rsync need?

I cannot compile Rsync on the RH 7.1 box and copy those files, because the RaQ 1
is a mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu host with very different hardware than that of the
RH 7.1 box.

Oh yeah, I also thought of missing header files, but I don't think that is
the problem, because I don't have problems compiling other programs. Above
all, there is a directory with include files in /usr/src/linux (and the source
is also available...)

Can anyone give me advise on how I can get Rsync to compile correctly? Thanks in
advance,

           Greetz -- Jurrie
           jurr@tref.nl

PS: It appears the search archives option is broken, please fix this, as
it's a very handy option!
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Hi,

It ought to be possible to build on a RaQ -- i did it on a Cobalt cube
ages ago.

You'll really need to send through the specific error messages that
you get if you want any help.  Just log in from an xterm and copy out
of that.  Please send the ./configure output as well.

-- 
Martin

On 11 Mar 2002, Jurrie Overgoor <jurr@tref.nl>
wrote:
> 'lo,
> 
> After a long search through the archives I got my awnser. It seams that the
> glibc package that comes with RH5.2 (with the Cobalt RaQ1 is based on) is
> broken. I need to upgrade...
> 
> Now the sh*tty part:
> To compile rsync 2.5.x I need to upgrade glibc
> To upgrade glibc I need to upgrade gcc and gmake
> I tried to compile gcc and I got errors...
> 
> Then I got a bit frustrated, and I tried an old version (rsync 2.4.6). That
> worked ok, so I'll use that one. Are there any significant changes in
2.5.2
> opposed to 2.4.6?
There are some bugs fixed in 2.5 -- most importantly, one that
sometimes causes rsync-over-ssh to hang.  If they're not bugging you,
it would be OK to stay on 2.4.

It ought to be possible to fix 2.5 to work on RH5, but I haven't got
around to it yet.  If you want, you could start by looking at whether
the builtin getaddrinfo is used or not.

Altneratively you could cross-compile a static version of rsync using
the MIPS gcc on some other machine.

-- 
Martin