"configure: error: the compiler must support C cleanup handling"

[Dave Korn]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   i *think* i'm isolating the whole threads-related issue i'm having
> in trying to build a toolchain with NPTL support using recent versions
> of all the GNU software.

[  Caveat here: I don't use glibc much myself, so this is generic advice.  ]

>   using my stripped-down version of crosstool, the first error was
> that, in building the bootstrap-gcc (whose configuration included the
> option "--enable-threads=yes")

  Why, if you are trying to build a non-thread-supporting libc, are you not
using --enable-threads=no?  Re your earlier post, it's probably not enough to
simply "not select" thread support; the default may well be "enabled".

>   so how do i configure the glibc-headers step to install pthread.h?
> as a wild guess, i'll add "--enable-add-ons=nptl" to the configure

  But doesn't that mean you're now trying to build it _with_ threads?

> step for the glibc headers, and re-run the build from scratch, at
> which point i get:

> checking for C cleanup handling... no
> configure: error: the compiler must support C cleanup handling
> make[1]: ***

  Hmm.  Maybe this is the kind of thing the --disable-sanity-checks option is
about?

>   "the compiler must support C cleanup handling"?   a quick google
> session brings me to this:
> 
>
http://dev.gentoo.org/~halcy0n/glibc/patches/5070_all_cross-compile-nptl.patch
> 
> a quick recursive grep of the entire patches directory shows no patch
> that refers to "libc_cv_c_cleanup" so i'm initially assuming that
> there is no patch to handle this yet.
> 
>   time for more research.  thoughts?  is that gentoo patch a candidate
> for fixing this?  mike?

  Well, what version of the compiler are you using?  Does it support cleanup
handling or not?  Maybe you need a more recent gcc.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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