re: binutils-2.15.90.0.3 problem on cygwin?

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

Gernot.Frisch wrote:
> [on cygwin, with crosstool-0.28-rc13:]
> arlex.o(.text+0x0): In function `main':
> /crosstool-0.28-rc13/build/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.3.2/build-binutils/binutils/arlex.c:1: multiple definition of `_main'
> arparse.o(.text+0x0):/crosstool-0.28-rc13/build/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.3.2/build-binutils/binutils/arparse.c:1: first defined here
>
> ar.o(.text+0xf30): In function `main':
> /crosstool-0.28-rc13/build/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.3.2/binutils-2.15.90.0.3/binutils/ar.c:342: multiple definition of `_main'
> arparse.o(.text+0x0):/crosstool-0.28-rc13/build/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.3.2/build-binutils/binutils/arparse.c:1: first defined here
>
> ar.o(.text+0x27): In function `mri_emul':
> /crosstool-0.28-rc13/build/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.3.2/binutils-2.15.90.0.3/binutils/ar.c:148: undefined reference to `_yyparse'
>
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> make[3]: *** [ar.exe] Error 1  ...
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/crosstool-0.28-rc13/build/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.3.2/build-binutils/binutils'
> make: *** [all-binutils] Error 2

Oooh, interesting.  Try switching to an earlier version of binutils.
Easiest way to do this is to edit demo-i686.sh to use gcc-3.3.3 instead
of gcc-3.4.0, since gcc-3.3.3-glibc-2.3.2.dat happens to use an older binutils.

Thanks for the problem report.
- Dan

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