Re: [gentoo-alt] bootstrapping gcc on AIX system - problems

[Jeremy O]

On 10/17/07, Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o> wrote:
> On 17-10-2007 08:22:31 -0500, Jeremy O wrote:
> >    Hello,
> >    I'm trying to bootstrap myself a gcc from the bootstrap script on
> >    a AIX 5.3 host. I have hit multiple hurdles and got around them so
> >    far. However, I'm stuck now.
> >
> >    I've been talking to haubi via b.g.o.
> >    ([1]http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194635) but I hope to
> >    get more exposure here.
> >
> >    Does anyone know what this means and how I can avoid it. It
> >    *looks* like gcc is trying to build a cross-compiler for some
> >    reason.
>
> When using the bootstrap script, I always get warnings from configure
> that something is wrong with/for cross-compiling.  I think the problem
> is that we only pass two of the three (host, build, target) to the
> configure call, whereas we should pass them all three.  For what reason
> we pass them, is unknown to me.  Maybe we also pass them to gcc, and I
> think gcc in particular is pretty sensitive to them.  It may be best to
> remove the --host, --target and --build arguments to the gcc configure
> call, and let it sort it out itself.

I can try that. I only see the "host" getting passed to gcc's
configure on line 345 of the bootstrap-prefix.sh script. Should I
remove anything else?

>
> >    --
> >    checking for sin in -lm... configure: error: Link tests are not
> >    allowed after GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES.
> >    make[2]: *** [configure-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 1
> >    --
> >
> >    I called configure and make via the bootstrap-prefix.sh script -
> >    using GNU make. Any ideas?
> >
> >    Thanks,
> >    Jeremy
>
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