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Re: problem compiling binutils-2.15.94


Vijay Padiyar wrote:
I am a newbie to Linux and am trying to compile the 'tools' section for
kernel 2.6. I have downloaded binutils-2.15.94, glibc-2.3.3,
glibc-crypt-2.1, glibc-linuxthreads-2.3.3, linux-2.6.9 and gcc-3.4.3 from
kernel.org and other sources. I am working on a i686 machine with Windows
2000 installed on it. Right now, I am using Cygwin for the compilation, with
the default GCC package installed with it (version 3.3.3).

Are you aware that the Linux kernel doesn't build properly on case-insensitive filesystems? netfilter is the worst obstacle; there are many source files whose names only differ in case. See https://lists.netfilter.org/pipermail/netfilter-devel/2004-October/017145.html The authors of netfilter do not want to solve this problem. Thus you'll probably have to disable netfilter to compile the kernel on Windows 2000.

Now, I am having problems compiling binutils for kernel 2.6.9. ...

arlex.o(.text+0x0): In function `main':
/usr/src/build-binutils/binutils/arlex.c:1: multiple definition of `_main'
arparse.o(.text+0x0):/usr/src/build-binutils/binutils/arparse.c:1: first
defined here ...

I checked up on the net and found someone else's entry with the same
problem. The solution suggested was to try compiling with gcc-3.3.3, since
it uses an "earlier version of binutils". But I'm already compiling with
3.3.3!

The workaround I suggested in that message ( http://sources.redhat.com/ml/crossgcc/2004-05/msg00085.html ) was to use an older binutils. Any particular reason you have to use that version? Would 2.15 do?

- Dan

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