Bug 19434

Summary:	binutils 2.13.90.0.xx does not compile on i386 nor i486 architecture
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Christian Schaefer <caefer>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) <azarah>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	beserker
Priority:	High
Version:	1.4_rc4
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Christian Schaefer 2003-04-16 15:12:05 UTC

at least all 2.13.90.0.xx versions of binutils do not compile on an i386 nor 
i486 architecture.
(trying a 1.4_rc4 bootstrap on an AMD Enhanced Am486DX4-S at 100MHz)

following error:

*** BFD does not support target i386-pc-none.
*** Look in bfd/config.bfd for supported targets.
make: *** [configure-opcodes] Error 1

!!! ERROR: sys-devel/binutils-2.13.90.0.18 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 83, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. do a 1.4_rc bootstrap on a AMD Enhanced Am486DX4-S at 100MHz.
2. when emerging binutils above error comes up
3.

Actual Results:  
following error:

*** BFD does not support target i386-pc-none.
*** Look in bfd/config.bfd for supported targets.
make: *** [configure-opcodes] Error 1

!!! ERROR: sys-devel/binutils-2.13.90.0.18 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 83, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)


Expected Results:  
well it should compile, right?

Comment 1 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-04-30 14:51:47 UTC

wrong place, **please** read the category descriptions.

Comment 2 Bruce Bird 2003-06-04 12:51:26 UTC

I'm having the same problem compiling for a i486DX2  from stage1
using an AMD Athalon 1.3

The error is reproducable on every run of bootstrap.sh

I'm using these options from "make.conf":

CHOST="i486"
CFLAGS="-march=i486 -Os -mfpmath=387"
FEATURES="userpriv usersandbox"

this is a paste of the error:

*** BFD does not support target i486-pc-none.
*** Look in bfd/config.bfd for supported targets.
make: *** [configure-opcodes] Error 1

!!! ERROR: sys-devel/binutils-2.13.90.0.18 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 83, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

upon looking at the "bfd/config.bfd" file located at
/var/tmp/portage/binutils-2.13.90.0.18/work/binutils-2.13.90.0.18/bfd/config.bfd
I've noticed that there is no support for any i[3456]86-pc-none listed
I don't know if just adjusting the config file to say 
"i[3456]86*" instead of "i[3456]86" would fix that.

Comment 3 Bruce Bird 2003-06-06 11:13:07 UTC

I've found out what I was doing wrong

the CHOST flag needs to be set to something along these lines

CHOST="i486-pc-linux-gnu"

the important part is to get the "-pc-linux-gnu" part on the flag.

It might be a good idea to look at rewording the way its 
described in the default make.conf file, it is a bit misleading

Comment 4 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-03 06:36:58 UTC

Latest make.conf seems ok to me.