Bug#659522: RFS: prelink/20111012-1 [QA]

[Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>]

> I've read quite a bit on the kfreebsd-i386 problems with ELF, but I
> have encountered a different solution in every thread on the internet.
> Some said to patch libelf.h, which is sadly not shipped with prelink. We
> have libelf-0.7.0.patch, but that patchs a nonexistent file. We do have
> libelf.m4, but I have no clue as to how to modify it.
>
> Some other threads suggest moving on to elfutils, but I'm not sure how
> would that be done. Since debian/rules makes no reference to any of the
> two, I suppose it would need a quilt pach.

I already tried elfutils, which didn't work.  That was -5.  Anyway,
you may want to consider building a kfreebsd-i386 virtual machine so
you can work directly with the build system and see the failure as it
happens and try alternatives.

Best wishes,
Mike