Bug 464642 – sys-libs/glibc-2.17: headers-only cross-compile fails for MIPS: could not determine floating point ABI

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Bertrand Jacquin 2013-04-04 20:15:02 UTC]

Trying to build a mips-softfloat-linux-gnu cross toolchain using crossdev failed at glibc-2.17 compilation with the given error :

configure: error: could not determine if compiler is using hard or soft floating point ABI

Full log attached

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. crossdev -t mips-softfloat-linux-gnu

[Comment 1 Bertrand Jacquin 2013-04-04 20:15:48 UTC]

Created attachment 344444 [details]
build.log

[Comment 2 Bertrand Jacquin 2013-04-04 20:17:08 UTC]

Also, it work like a charm with glibc-2.16.0

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2013-04-05 00:36:28 UTC]

what version of gcc are you using ?

post as an attachment the output of:
  mips-softfloat-linux-gnu-gcc -E -dD </dev/null - -P

[Comment 4 Bertrand Jacquin 2013-04-05 14:10:14 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> what version of gcc are you using ?

the HOST is using x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.6.3 (gcc version 4.6.3 (Gentoo Hardened 4.6.3 p1.11, pie-0.5.2))

> post as an attachment the output of:
>   mips-softfloat-linux-gnu-gcc -E -dD </dev/null - -P

I have no mips-softfloat-linux-gnu-gcc yet as gcc-stage1 is building after glibc-headers. Yeah, the bug subject is wrong

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2013-04-05 16:21:35 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)

ok, that is a very different situation

[Comment 6 SpanKY 2013-04-05 18:25:29 UTC]

should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report!

Commit message: Force mips float/abi cached vars
http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-libs/glibc/files/eblits/src_compile.eblit?r1=1.34&r2=1.35