problems getting crosstool-0.28-r35 working on mac os x

[Dan Kegel]

will (scope) wrote:
>> the problem is during the install of the glibc headers it freezes in
>> the configure script and the only way to get out of it is control+c
>> ...
> 
>> checking whether ld is GNU ld... no
>> checking for /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as
>> checking version of /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... <PAUSES HERE AND JUST SITS THERE DOING NOTHING>
>>
>> do you know a way to fix this?
> 
> You need to install gnu binutils, I think
> 
> i tried installing binutils (i did the whole build in another
> directory thing). during configure it prints this message:
> 
> *** This configuration is not supported in the following subdirectories:
>      bfd binutils ld gas opcodes gprof

It looks like I was wrong to say you needed gnu binutils.  Apologies!
The real problem is I forgot to carry a patch forward from glibc-2.3.2.
Try this:
   $ cd crosstool-0.28-rc35/patches/glibc-2.3.2
   $ cp glibc-configure-apple-as.patch ../glibc-2.3.3
I'll fix that in the next snapshot.

Thanks!
- Dan


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