problems with i386 jail on amd64 install 7.0 Release

[Kris Kennaway]

Mark Moellering wrote:
> On Friday 28 March 2008 05:03:39 pm Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> Mark Moellering wrote:
>>> On Friday 28 March 2008 04:51:08 pm Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>>> Mark Moellering wrote:
>>>>> On Friday 28 March 2008 03:27:27 pm you wrote:
>>>>>> Mark Moellering wrote:
>>>>>>> On Friday 28 March 2008 06:23:49 am Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>>>>>>> Mark Moellering wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I have been trying to install an i386 jail on an amd64 install.  I
>>>>>>>>> added Target=i386 to the command line in the make buildworld and
>>>>>>>>> installworld commands.  I keep getting the following (or similar)
>>>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>>> 'Target' does nothing, there is no such variable.  If you meant
>>>>>>>> 'TARGET', that is a real variable but not the one you want.  You
>>>>>>>> need to add 'TARGET_ARCH=i386' to your build/installworld to
>>>>>>>> successfully cross-compile.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kris
>>>>>>> Kris,
>>>>>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>>>>> I aplogize, I should have been more explicit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried TARGET=i386 ; TARGET_ARCH=i386; and both together, all gave
>>>>>>> the same error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libedit.so.6" not found,
>>>>>>> required by "sh")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you or has anyone else on the list successfuly done this?
>>>>>> Yes, frequently.  Does the library exist in the chroot and is it an
>>>>>> i386 library (use file(1))?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kris
>>>>> Thanks Kris, you're a lifesaver.
>>>>>
>>>>> The response I get using File is:
>>>>>
>>>>> libedit.so.6: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1
>>>>> (FreeBSD), dynamically linked, stripped
>>>> OK, that is correct.  Is the rest of the chroot configured properly,
>>>> e.g. did you populate /etc and /var?
>>>>
>>>> Kris
>>> /etc and /var are populated
>> what if you run other binaries, e.g. chroot /chroot ls, etc?  Do any of
>> them work?  If not, then something is either wrong with the
>> /var/run/ld.so.hints, the /libexec/ld-elf.so.1, etc.
>>
>> Kris
> 
> this is no ld-elf.so.hints under the chroot.  Should i copy or 
> link /var/run/ld-elf32.so.hints to $chroot/var/run/ld-elf32.so.hints ?

Aha, so it's not populated after all :)  You can try copying 
/var/run/ld-elf.so.hints (not ld-elf32) but this is a binary file and I 
don't know if it is compatible.  Otherwise just copy from an i386 system 
   or run

chroot /chroot /sbin/ldconfig -m /lib

Kris