Bugzilla Bug 246573

sys-devel/crossdev-0.9.18-r10 failed on mipsel target

emerge --sync ; emerge crossdev ;
crossdev --without-headers -t mipsel-pc-linux-gnu 

crossdev stops when configuring glibc 
checking for assembler global-symbol directive... .globl
checking for .set assembler directive... no
checking for assembler .type directive prefix... @
checking for .symver assembler directive... yes
checking for ld --version-script... no
*** WARNING: You should not compile GNU libc without versioning. Not using
*** versioning will introduce incompatibilities so that old binaries
*** will not run anymore.
*** For versioning you need recent binutils (binutils-2.8.1.0.23 or newer).
checking for .previous assembler directive... yes
checking for .protected and .hidden assembler directive... yes
checking whether __attribute__((visibility())) is supported... yes
checking for broken __attribute__((visibility()))... no
checking for broken __attribute__((alias()))... no
checking whether to put _rtld_local into .sdata section... yes
checking for .preinit_array/.init_array/.fini_array support... no
configure: error: Need linker with .init_array/.fini_array support.

I tried to force newer binutils 

crossdev --without-headers -t mipsel-pc-linux-gnu --b 2.19

, with same result

CFLAGS in both cases were set to -pipe -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing

I attach 5 files: emerge --info, 2 log files from 1st crossdev run, 2 log files
from 2nd crossdev run

I need little-endian MIPS compiler, to test SimIT-MIPS binary-to-C++ decompiler
which i resurrected yesterday. Does anybody know how to setup such compiler?

Created an attachment (id=171601) [details]
emerge --info and 4 log files

See bug #233233

Thanks Manuel, but i don't understand what should i do to make mips tools

should i patch binutils? or patch crossdev to pass some flag when buildin
binutils? or just use another version of binutils?

(In reply to comment #3)
> Thanks Manuel, but i don't understand what should i do to make mips tools
> 
> should i patch binutils? or patch crossdev to pass some flag when buildin
> binutils? or just use another version of binutils?

A quick fix is to stop binutils from applying patch
"77_all_generate-gnu-hash.patch". Re-emerge binutils, stop the build (ctrl-z)
when configure is running, cd into the builddir, unapply the offending patch
and resume.

the suggested procedure appears too difficult for me, i think i will hack the
relevant ebuild instead

thanks

failed to patch binutils eclass, failed to stop-resume emerge, failed to find
official docs on emerge stop-resume, managed to copy the single affected file
when patching was over and configure was running

mipsel toolset compiled ok and produces executables

//and SimIT-MIPS does not understand them at all, i tried all arch=mips*
variants

Is quickly-copy-original-version-of-file-while-configure-is-running a valid
fix?If yes then this bug is closed

Please gentlemen - this is a bug tracker and not a support forum.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 233233 ***