On Friday 11 November 2011 10:47:02 Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote on 2011/11/11 15:46:44:
> > On Friday 11 November 2011 03:26:22 Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > I installed binutils
> > > and now I got a the correct libbfd.so and libiberty.a under
> > > 
> > >  /usr/powerpc-softfloat-linux-gnu/usr/lib/binutils/powerpc-softfloat-li
> > >  nux-
> > > 
> > > gnu/2.16.1/ There is no symlink under
> > > 
> > >  /usr/powerpc-softfloat-linux-gnu/lib/
> > > 
> > > though which forces me to pass -L and -I options too gcc in order to
> > > build oprofile. Would be nice if the symlinks were created to make the
> > > x-compile env. mimic the normal host env.
> > 
> > try running:
> >    ROOT=/usr/powerpc-softfloat-linux-gnu binutils-config 1
>
> :) that got me
> /usr/powerpc-softfloat-linux-gnu/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/powerpc-softfloat-l
> inux-gnu/lib/libiberty.a ->
> /usr/lib/binutils/powerpc-softfloat-linux-gnu/2.16.1/libiberty.a
> 
> but this is a host arch libiberty.a so can't use it for x-compile :(

hmm, yeah, that's because binutils-config doesn't use relative symlinks.  i 
wonder if relative would be fine since it isn't crossing the /usr boundary ...


> No sign of any new libiberty.h header files though.
> Did I miss something?

you might also have to manually set CHOST otherwise binutils-config will think 
it's setting up a cross-compiler.

CHOST=powerpc-softfloat-linux-gnu \
ROOT=/usr/powerpc-softfloat-linux-gnu \
binutils-config 1
-mike