mac build woes : homebrew+iconvdata=big trouble
Jolyon Wright
jolyon.wright@gmail.com
Thu Jan 10 21:22:00 GMT 2013
Really appreciate your help with this; I can confirm that your suggestion
*does* resolve the iconvdata problem - my build is way past this point now.
I have put some coffee on in anticipation of the next challenge :-)
I don't know the author of that piece but my guess is he will spot your
post,
Thanks again,
jolyon
On 10/01/2013 21:16, "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> wrote:
>Jolyon, All,
>
>On Thursday 10 January 2013 Jolyon Wright wrote:
>> I have been trying to build an arm cross compiler toolchain to run on
>> the mac using homebrew. I have been using these notes as a starting
>> point : http://www.benmont.com
>
>There are very bad suggestions in this /tutorial/:
>
> - manually editing the .config file
> This is a Bad Thing (TM).
> The configuration of crosstoll-Ng is done by running one of the
> configurators:
> ct-ng menuconfig
> or:
> ct-ng nconfig
>
> Options are set in the .config file because they've been set in the
> menuconfig. Manually overrding them is wrong. The configuration must
> be fixed from menuconfig.
>
> - Static linking impossible on the host system [...]
> The solution is wrong.
>
> This error is because something in crostool-NG wants to do some
> static linking. This should be disabled, using the menuconfig.
> In this case, the option wanting the static link is:
> CT_CC_STATIC_LIBSTDCXX
> which is selected in:
> C compiler --->
> [*] Link libstdc++ statically into the gcc binary
>
> If you disable this option, then static linking is no longer
> needed, and this error will vanish. Also, the '-Bstatic' issue will
> also disapear.
>
> We now have better code and error messages in the repository for this
> problem. It will be available in the next release.
>
> - gdb's 'readchar: Got EOF' error:
> Do not edit the .config file manually. Use 'ct-ng menuconfig' to
>change
> the config options.
>
>If you know how to contact the author, then please forward him/her this
>mail, and tell him/her to ask for help on the mailing list. We're usually
>trying to answer issues as much as we can (but being a volunteer endeavour
>for me, it's on a time-permit basis; others can/will help, too).
>
>Regards,
>Yann E. MORIN.
>
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