problem building binutils host=linux target=m68k-coff

[Brian Cuthie]

I've seen the same kinds of things.  The problem is likely that you have
to do a 'make all' before the 'make install'.  Incredibly, some of the
makefiles will try to install things that haven't been built.

-brian


>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Robert J. Brown [SMTP:rj@eli.elilabs.com]
>Sent:	Wednesday, February 04, 1998 5:26 PM
>To:	crossgcc@cygnus.com
>Cc:	rj@eli.elilabs.com
>Subject:	problem building binutils host=linux target=m68k-coff
>
>I ftp-ed the binutils-2.7.tar.gz from prep.ai.mit.edu, and
>binutils-2.6-obj-coff.patch from ftp.cygnus.com, unpacked the tar and
>applied the patches as directed by the FAQ from
>/ftp.cygnus.com:/pub/embedded/crossgcc, and did the make all.  This
>worked fine, but when I did the make install, I got the following:
>
>    make[2]: Entering directory `/away/zen/gnu/build-binutils/libiberty'
>    make[2]: Leaving directory `/away/zen/gnu/build-binutils/libiberty'
>    /away/zen/gnu/binutils-2.7/install.sh -c -m 644 libiberty.a
>m68k/lib/libiberty.a.n
>    ( cd m68k/lib ; ranlib m68k/lib/libiberty.a.n )
>    ranlib: m68k/lib/libiberty.a.n: No such file or directory
>    make[1]: *** [install_to_libdir] Error 9
>    make[1]: Leaving directory `/away/zen/gnu/build-binutils/libiberty'
>    make: *** [install-libiberty] Error 2
>
>The cd on the 4th line looks like it is trying to cd to the m68k/lib
>directory, but then tries to run ranlib on m68k/lib/libiberty.a.n,
>when it looks to me like it should have been just libiberty.a.n, since 
>it already did the cd m68k/lib.  
>
>Am I just dense, or is the make install scrogged?
>
>Also, the FAQ seems to refer to versions older than current for the
>gnu tolls binutils and gcc.  Should I be using the latest versions, or 
>is there a real reason to stay with the older ones?
>
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