Problem building newlib 1.15.0 for ppc-eabi

[Dirk Heinrichs <dirk dot heinrichs dot ext at nsn dot com>]

Hi,

I'm trying to build a new cross compiler toolchain for ppc-eabi, using 
binutils 1.17, gcc 4.2.1 and newlib 1.15.0. While building the first two 
went fine, configuring newlib fails:

CC=ppc-eabi-gcc ../newlib-1.15.0/configure --prefix=/vob/apps/xgnu/newlib --host=ppc-eabi
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... powerpc-unknown-eabi
checking target system type... powerpc-unknown-eabi
checking build system type... powerpc-unknown-eabi
checking for a BSD compatible install... /vob/apps/gnu/SunOS/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... ppc-eabi-gcc
checking whether the C compiler (ppc-eabi-gcc  ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot 
create executables.

In config.log I find the following:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

configure:614: checking host system type
configure:635: checking target system type
configure:653: checking build system type
configure:708: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:761: checking whether ln works
configure:785: checking whether ln -s works
configure:1853: checking for gcc
configure:1966: checking whether the C compiler (ppc-eabi-gcc  ) works
configure:1982: ppc-eabi-gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/../../../../ppc-eabi/bin/ld: 
warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 01800074
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o): In function 
`__eabi':
/vob/apps/xgnu/gcc-SunOS/gcc/eabi.S:232: undefined reference to `__init'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x8): 
undefined reference to `__SDATA_START__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0xc): 
undefined reference to `__SBSS_END__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x14): 
undefined reference to `__SDATA2_START__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x18): 
undefined reference to `__SBSS2_END__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x1c): 
undefined reference to `__GOT_START__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x28): 
undefined reference to `__GOT_END__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x2c): 
undefined reference to `__GOT2_START__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x30): 
undefined reference to `__GOT2_END__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x34): 
undefined reference to `__FIXUP_START__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x38): 
undefined reference to `__FIXUP_END__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x3c): 
undefined reference to `__CTOR_LIST__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x40): 
undefined reference to `__CTOR_END__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x44): 
undefined reference to `__DTOR_LIST__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x48): 
undefined reference to `__DTOR_END__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x4c): 
undefined reference to `__EXCEPT_START__'
/vob/apps/xgnu/SunOS/lib/gcc/ppc-eabi/4.2.1/libgcc.a(eabi.o):(.got2+0x50): 
undefined reference to `__EXCEPT_END__'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:

#line 1977 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"

main(){return(0);}

Any ideas what I could do to fix this? Build host is Solaris 2.9.

Bye...

	Dirk
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