how to use gcc with newlib?

[Lewin A.R.W. Edwards]

>/arm/lib/gcc-lib/arm-linux/2.95.3-2/../../../../arm-linux/bin/ld: cannot 
>open cr
>t1.o: No such file or directory
>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>I have compiled the arm toolchain with prefix=/arm and the newlib is also 
>installed with

How did you compile and install newlib? Is there a crt0.o existing in 
/arm/arm-linux/lib ? There is a several-step process to building a 
cross-compiler with newlib, did you follow it? The process is:

* configure, build and install binutils
* configure gcc and build + install C compiler ONLY
* configure, build and install newlib
* build + install remaining components of gcc
* optionally build + install gdb

It is tempting to short-circuit this process by building binutils, then 
building gcc in entirety, then building newlib. This won't work properly 
(at least, it never has done for me).


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