Re: lseek.c location

[James Edwards <jedwards at cse dot psu dot edu>]

When trying to compile glibc (2.1.0.1), I get hung up on trying to
compile lseek.o:

373386          No need to remake target `/src/gnu/glibc-build/io/write.o'.
373387          Considering target file `/src/gnu/glibc-build/io/lseek.o'.
373388            Considering target file `lseek.c'.
373389             File `lseek.c' does not exist.
373390             Finished prerequisites of target file `lseek.c'.
373391            Must remake target `lseek.c'.
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `lseek.c', needed by
`/src/gnu/glibc-build/io/lseek.o'.  Stop.
373392  make[2]: Leaving directory `/src/gnu/glibc-2.10.1/io'
make[1]: *** [io/subdir_lib] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
373393  make[1]: Leaving directory `/src/gnu/glibc-2.10.1'

Note the io/ subdirectory.  The thing is, lseek.c isn't in the io/
subdirectory, it is in the misc/ subdirectory.  The Makefile in the
io/ subdirectory references both lseek and lseek64 (line 41), yet
while lseek64.c is in io/, lseek.c is in misc/.  Further, the Makefile
in the misc/ subdirectory doesn't mention lseek.

So not knowing better, I moved lseek.c from misc/ to io/ and re-ran
make -- it got much further.  I checked my tarball and it matched what
was available on gnu.org -- I checked a few other source versions and
it exists much earlier ( I tried 2.6.1 ), so there must be some reason
for the file being there that I don't understand.

Assuming I screwed up somewhere (a safe assumption, really), would
this file compile without problems had I done everything correctly?

Thanks!
-Jim Edwards