Trouble building gcc-3.2.2/glibc-2.3.2 for cross powerpc-linux

[Dan Kegel]

Peter Barada wrote:
>>I just ran into the problem you describe.  I have been updating
>>Bill Gatliff's scripts to support newer toolchains.  Yesterday
>>I tried glibc-2.3.2 (had been using glibc-2.2.5).  To my horror,
>>it refused to configure without having a cross gcc.  Since you
>>have to configure and install-headers for glibc before you can
>>compile the cross gcc, this is indeed a catch-22.  I suspect we
>>can fool the configure by the following ruse:
>>
>>    # glibc-2.3.x requires a cross-compiler even here, so shoot it in the head
>>    # FIXME need to file a bug report against glibc for this
>>    mkdir fake-cross
>>    ln -s `which gcc` fake-cross/${TARGET}-gcc
>>    PATH=`pwd`/fake-cross:$PATH  ...
> 
>>I verified this gets us past configure, but haven't finished
>>a build yet.  Knock on wood.
> 
> 
> I've got my sledgehammer out and I'm pounding on trees :-)

Thanks :-)

I think you could also get around this by setting CC rather than playing
games with fake cross compilers and PATH, but I haven't checked.

For completeness, here's the error message associated with the bug:
   configure: error:
   *** These critical programs are missing or too old: gcc
   *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.

- Dan




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