[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] Verify CC is valid during build tests.

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Mon Feb 18 16:32:08 CET 2013


Update test-build.sh to report if it can't run the c compiler at all.
Without this test, a totally non-working build environment will yield
an "invalid LD" message which can be confusing.

Signed-off-by: Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net>
---
 tools/test-build.sh | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/test-build.sh b/tools/test-build.sh
index ce0aca9..081f9fd 100755
--- a/tools/test-build.sh
+++ b/tools/test-build.sh
@@ -41,9 +41,16 @@ SECTIONS
 }
 EOF
 $CC -O -g -c $TMPFILE1 -o $TMPFILE1o > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Unable to execute the C compiler ($CC)." >&2
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "Please install a working compiler and retry." >&2
+    echo -1
+    exit 0
+fi
 $LD -T $TMPFILE1_ld $TMPFILE1o -o $TMPFILE2o > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "The version of LD on this system does not properly handle" >&2
+    echo "The version of LD on this system ($LD) does not properly handle" >&2
     echo "alignments.  As a result, this project can not be built." >&2
     echo "" >&2
     echo "The problem may be the result of this LD bug report:" >&2
-- 
1.7.11.7




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