Bugzilla Bug 222227

comet # crossdev -t alpha
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 * Host Portage ARCH:     amd64
 * Target Portage ARCH:   alpha
 * Target System:         alpha-unknown-linux-gnu
 * Stage:                 4 (C/C++ compiler)

 * binutils:              binutils-[latest]
 * gcc:                   gcc-[latest]
 * headers:               linux-headers-[latest]
 * libc:                  glibc-[latest]

 * PORTDIR_OVERLAY:       /usr/portage/local/layman/flameeyes-overlay
 * PORT_LOGDIR:           /var/log/portage
 * PKGDIR:                /usr/portage/packages/cross/alpha-unknown-linux-gnu
 * PORTAGE_TMPDIR:        /var/tmp/cross/alpha-unknown-linux-gnu
  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  
 * Forcing the latest versions of {binutils,gcc}-config/gnuconfig ...     [ ok
]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-alpha-unknown-linux-gnu-binutils.log
 * Emerging cross-binutils ...                                            [ ok
]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-alpha-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-stage1.log
 * Emerging cross-gcc-stage1 ...

 * gcc failed :(
 * If you file a bug, please attach the following logfiles:
 * /var/log/portage/cross-alpha-unknown-linux-gnu-info.log
 * /var/log/portage/cross-alpha-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-stage1.log

Created an attachment (id=153193) [details]
cross-alpha-unknown-linux-gnu-info.log

Created an attachment (id=153195) [details]
cross-alpha-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-stage1.log

please try `USE=-libffi crossdev ...`

(In reply to comment #3)
> please try `USE=-libffi crossdev ...`

That works

thanks for testing, fixed in 0.9.18-r8

http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-devel/crossdev/files/crossdev?r1=1.102&r2=1.103