[LLVMdev] install and the strip command

[Simon Atanasyan]

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:36 AM, reed kotler <rkotler at mips.com> wrote:
> Trying to do a "make install" on a mips box .
>
> llvm[2]: Installing Release+Asserts Archive Library
> /home/rkotler/caviumllvmwclang/install/lib/libLLVMLineEditor.a
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/home/rkotler/caviumllvmwclang/build/lib/LineEditor'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rkotler/caviumllvmwclang/build/lib'
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/home/rkotler/caviumllvmwclang/build/tools/llvm-config'
> llvm[1]: Installing llvm-config-host
> strip: Unable to recognise the format of the input file
> `/home/rkotler/caviumllvmwclang/install/bin/llvm-config-host'
> /usr/bin/install: strip process terminated abnormally
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/rkotler/caviumllvmwclang/build/tools/llvm-config'
> make: *** [install] Error 1
>
>
> I can provide another strip but I don' think that we have a way to control
> the install command to use it.

It's a known problem. See r142997 and r143009. And this discussion:
http://llvm.1065342.n5.nabble.com/The-make-install-fails-in-cross-compile-mode-td23139.html

Install tool invokes strip. GNU install allows to configure which
strip to use (--strip-program). In general (for example on FreeBSD) it
is not possible and install always runs just 'strip'. In case of
cross-compilation that leads to the error.

The workaround, I hope it still works, is to keep symbols:
KEEP_SYMBOLS=1 make install

-- 
Simon