Build error: `./minimal: Operation not supported`

[barracuda156]

Trying to build this for ppc, I got the following error:

Making all in images
make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_PPCSnowLeopardPorts_devel_hivex/hivex/work/hivex-1.3.23/images'
/opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-14 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..  -I../gnulib/lib -I../include -I../gnulib/lib -I. -I/opt/local/include -Wall  -pipe -Os -arch ppc -MT mklarge-mklarge.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/mklarge-mklarge.Tpo -c -o mklarge-mklarge.o `test -f 'mklarge.c' || echo './'`mklarge.c
mv -f .deps/mklarge-mklarge.Tpo .deps/mklarge-mklarge.Po
/bin/sh ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=link /opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-14 -Wall  -pipe -Os -arch ppc  -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch ppc -o mklarge mklarge-mklarge.o ../lib/libhivex.la 
libtool: link: /opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-14 -Wall -pipe -Os -arch ppc -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch ppc -o .libs/mklarge mklarge-mklarge.o  -L/opt/local/lib ../lib/.libs/libhivex.dylib /opt/local/lib/libiconv.dylib -lintl -pthread
cmp -s ./minimal ./minimal || \
	    cp ./minimal ./minimal
./mklarge ./minimal ./large
./minimal: Operation not supported
make[2]: *** [large] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_PPCSnowLeopardPorts_devel_hivex/hivex/work/hivex-1.3.23/images'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

What goes wrong?

[rwmjones]

It's running this program:
https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/blob/master/images/mklarge.c
but it's unclear where the ENOTSUP error comes from exactly. Obviously that error is not expected to happen at all but for some reason it is.

You might try modifying this line:

hivex/images/mklarge.c

Line 84 in 1254d2a

h = hivex_open (argv[1], HIVEX_OPEN_WRITE);

to add | HIVEX_OPEN_VERBOSE to the flags, in the hope that you'll see more information.

But basically it needs someone with a Mac and plenty of time to debug the problem.