Re: [avr-libc-dev] build fails on x86_64 GNU/Linux, missing stddef.h

[Galen Seitz]

Joerg Wunsch <address@hidden> wrote:

> As Galen Seitz wrote:
> 
> > I've changed the install step to do the following, though I'm not
> > certain if this is the correct solution.
> 
> > make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
> 
> Probably it is.
> 
> > Both FreeBSD and Gentoo use portage, correct?  Where do I look to
> > see how these steps are performed on those systems?
> 
> The basic idea behind the FreeBSD ports or Gentoo portage is that each
> port only describes its own specific setup in a meta-Makefile, plus a
> couple of description files, plus possibly patches.  The main logic
> sits in a dozen or so (at least on FreeBSD) include Makefiles that
> form the ports framework.  For FreeBSD, these are heavily tied to the
> BSD make intrinsics (and if BSD make misses a feature that is needed,
> it will simply be added), so my guess is that Gentoo has adapted that
> framework for GNU make instead.

Okay, thanks.  I suspected as much after seeing the .include statements
in the Makefile.

galen