Problem with ar on Cacko 1.21b ROM

[ccrandal]

I\'m receiving the following error when using ar to extract a Debian binary package format version 2:

ar: error while loading shared libraries: libbfd-2.9.5.0.14.so: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory

Is anyone else getting this error?

Thanks
Curt

[datajerk]

Not here, also using 1.21b.

\'which ar\' should return /usr/bin/ar and md5sum return: 1554bab25f6c3251ebfac119aca020a8  /usr/bin/ar

You should also have this link:

/usr/lib/libbfd-2.9.5.0.14.so -] /usr/lib.rom/libbfd-2.9.5.0.14.so

[BalroG]

Where can one get \"ar\" for the Z?

On the default Sharp ROM it is not on the system(I will hopefully get around to flashing to Cacko in the next week.)

Thanks!!

[datajerk]

binutils ipk I believe.

[ccrandal]

I see the problem now.  On my CF card, I have dev_img-1.5 installed and mounted.  Somehow, the link:

/home/root/usr/lib/libbfd-2.9.5.0.14.so -]
/home/zaurus/develop/lib/libbfd-2.9.5.0.14.so

was established.  Well, not only does libbfd-2.9.5.0.14.so not exist in the dev_img-1.5 image, but even if it were that would usually be a dead link as I don\'t use that CF card often.

I just repointed that link to the lib in the ROM and it all works fine now.

[ccrandal]

BTW, thanks datajerk!

[maslovsky]

I see the problem now.  On my CF card, I have dev_img-1.5 installed and mounted.  Somehow, the link:

/home/root/usr/lib/libbfd-2.9.5.0.14.so -]
/home/zaurus/develop/lib/libbfd-2.9.5.0.14.so

was established.  Well, not only does libbfd-2.9.5.0.14.so not exist in the dev_img-1.5 image, but even if it were that would usually be a dead link as I don\'t use that CF card often.

I just repointed that link to the lib in the ROM and it all works fine now.

Thanks for the finding! Ar in dev-img is supposed to work, but I may have broken it somehow...  The one in ROM should be good enough theough.

[ccrandal]

Yep, the one in the ROM works great.  Is there a reason you also bundled that lib in the dev-img too?

Well, I\'ve got ar working and can get at my ipk\'s contents.  Now I want to zip it back up into something ipkg can read.  I noticed that tar doesn\'t support compression on the Z.  So, I went on my Mac and used Darwin\'s tar.  While `file` says it\'s exactly the same file type as all my other ipks, it would not install.

So, I popped the file back on my Z, extracted the contents, and then separately tar\'d and gzip\'d the archive.  Now I get:

zcat: stdin: unexpected end of file
ipkg_install_file: ERROR unpacking control.tar.gz from libpcap0_0.7.2-1_arm.ipk

I don\'t have my Mac on me, but I could try `gtar cvzf`and if that works.  But I think it\'d be easier to just create a bash script on the Z to convert the files.  Using the tools on the Z, what command would I need to execute to build a proper ipk?

Thanks
Curt

[maslovsky]

Yep, the one in the ROM works great.  Is there a reason you also bundled that lib in the dev-img too?

Just a leftover I guess...

Well, I\'ve got ar working and can get at my ipk\'s contents.  Now I want to zip it back up into something ipkg can read.  I noticed that tar doesn\'t support compression on the Z.  

No it does not. You\'ll need to compress tar file separately using gzip.