RE: building gcc on cygwin with --target=i486-linux-gnu

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

On 08 October 2006 14:27, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I tried to build gcc 4.1.1 as a cross-compiler for i486-linux-gnu on
> cygwin and the build failed with error
> 
> /opt/bin/i486-linux-gnu-ld: cannot find /lib/libc.so.6
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[3]: *** [libgcc_s.so] Error 1
> 
> And there is really no /lib/libc.so.6 on cygwin. Can anyone explain
> what does this mean?

  It means libc for the target, not the host!

  It's trying to build libgcc_s.so.  This is the gcc shared support library
that gets linked in against every program gcc compiles.  Because it's a
cross-compiler, it's building an i486-linux-gnu version of libgcc, and that
needs to link against an i486-linux-gnu C library.

 
> Thanks
> 
> If it matters, gcc was configures as
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/opt --target=i486-linux-gnu --with-gnu-ld
> --with-gnu-as --enable-languages=c 

  When building a cross-compiler, you need to either have a pre-existing set
of system libs and headers from the target system, or you need to compile
glibc for the same target at the same time.  If you have the pre-existing
libs, you copy them onto your build machine and point configure at them using
--with-sysroot (or --with-headers and --with-libs, but --with-sysroot is
preferred these days).  If you don't, your best option is to use Dan Kegel's
crosstool script to manage the build of comiler-and-C-library-together for
you.

  What's the actual target you want to cross-compile for?  Do you have a
particular linux system in mind?

    cheers,
      DaveK
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