Compilation fails mostly due to configure/makefile issues (see attached patches). For x86, there are more issues - even with the attached patches (one is x86-specific), glibc would not build with stable gcc. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. crossdev --glibc 2.6.1 -t <whatever> Actual Results: :( Expected Results: :) The attached patches fix all the issues I encountered, except for x86 where I needed <=cross-*/gcc-4.5 (4.6 and 4.7 didn't work). It would be great if those patches could be added to the overlay. Info for the host: $ emerge --info Portage 2.2.0_alpha163 (default/linux/amd64/13.0, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.16.0, 3.6.11-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.6.11-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_9750_Quad-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 8181272 total, 1993496 free KiB Swap: 8316924 total, 8316924 free Timestamp of tree: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:30:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p42 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r3, 3.2.3-r2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.10.2-r2::kde dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.11.6, 1.13.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.3.6-r1, 4.4.7, 4.5.4, 4.6.3, 4.7.2, 4.8.0_pre9999::toolchain sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.7 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.16.0 Repositories: gentoo 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Created attachment 339170 [details, diff] binutils-bad-version-checks.patch
Created attachment 339172 [details, diff] binutils-elf-begin.patch
Created attachment 339174 [details, diff] make-mixed-implicit-normal-rules.patch
Created attachment 339176 [details, diff] sed-bad-version-regexp.patch
Created attachment 339178 [details, diff] x86-fnstsw.patch
Forgot to mention, the target values I tried are armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi and x86_64-bindist-linux-gnu targets (both work with the attached patches), cross-i686-bindist-linux-gnu (works only when also using an older gcc cross compiler).
yes, there are a lot of fixes that'll need backporting. i suspect you only found the obvious ones. i'm not sure this is something we want to maintain.