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Re: problem compiling glibc 2.26 with gcc 7.1
- From: Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx at openadk dot org>
- To: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 20:58:42 +0200
- Subject: Re: problem compiling glibc 2.26 with gcc 7.1
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- References: <20170802184512.GL31395@waldemar-brodkorb.de> <df856419-b96e-0577-ddb9-c12cbe49d54c@linaro.org>
Hi,
Adhemerval Zanella wrote,
>
>
> On 02/08/2017 15:45, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I try to cross-compile latest glibc release 2.26 with binutils 2.28
> > and gcc 7.1 to aarch64, but the compilation fails with this error:
> > ./md-unwind-support.h: In function 'aarch64_fallback_frame_state':
> > ./md-unwind-support.h:58:21: error: field 'uc' has incomplete type
> > struct ucontext uc;
> > ^~
> >
> > The full log is here:
> > https://debug.openadk.org/glibc/make.log
> >
> > It fails in the final gcc compilation step.
> >
> > Anyone have a gcc patch ready?
> > Or do I make a mistake? Glibc 2.25 worked fine for me with the
> > same gcc and binutils versions.
> > I see similar issues with other architectures.
> >
> > best regards
> > Waldemar
> >
>
> Check wiki release notes [1] and NEWS about this change:
>
> * The ucontext_t type no longer has the name struct ucontext. This changes
> the C++ name mangling for interfaces involving this type.
>
> You should use ucontext_t instead of struct ucontext.
>
> [1] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release/2.26
I have seen the change. But does it mean gcc 7.1 (latest gcc
release) can not be used with latest glibc release?
best regards
Waldemar