Re: Static linked cross tools

[Allen Curtis <acurtis at onz dot com>]

It builds!

make configure-host

Adding this line to the binutils build was the key.

Thanks for the help.

On Oct 20, 2004, at 9:08 AM, Stefan Peter wrote:

> Allen
>
> I'm currently  building a statically linked cross compiler using the 
> patch
> attached. It may not be coded according to the high standards of 
> crosstools,
> but it works if you call crosstool.sh with
> BINUTILS_MAKE_OPTIONS="LDFLAGS=-all-static"   and
> GCC_MAKE_OPTIONS="LDFLAGS=-static"
> BTW, Linux From Scratch (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org) has detailed
> descriptions covering building static binutils (Chapter 5,  
> Binutils-2.14 -
> Pass 1).
>
> With kind regards
>
> Stefan Peter
>
> On Wednesday 20 October 2004 16.00, Allen Curtis wrote:
> > > > > BINUTILS_MAKE_OPTIONS="LDFLAGS=-all-static"
> > > > > # I would advice against using BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG since it's
> > > > > issued
> > > > > # to configure - we don't need that
> > > > > make $BINUTILS_MAKE_OPTIONS all
> > > >
> > > > It appears that the previous message was generated when configuring
> > > > libiberty. I do not get this error without the LDFLAGS variable.
> > >
> > > Part (99%) of binutils' configuring is actually performed while
> > > building,
> > > thus when you issue make, not when you issue configure. One problem I
> > > ran
> > > into is that the configure scripts during make failed with "C 
> > > compiler
> > > cannot generate executables" because of the LDFLAGS - it should not 
> > > be
> > > set
> > > while configuring.
> > >
> > > I avoided that problem by issuing "make configure-host" before
> > > starting the
> > > make all phase (should've said so right away - slipped my mind). I'm
> > > not
> > > sure if it will remedy your problem too.
> >
> > Oh, I will try that later and report.
> >
> > > I have not seen the GCC_NO_EXEC problem myself. I'm sorry but I can't
> > > help
> > > you with that.
> > >
> > > Binutils versions I have built are 2.13.95 and 2.14
> >
> > We are using binutils 2.15. I believe this is the default when using
> > the crosstool scripts.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > ------
> > Want more information?  See the CrossGCC FAQ,
> > http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to
> > crossgcc-unsubscribe@sources.redhat.com
>
> --
> Elsoft AG, Switzerland             http://www.elsoft.ch
> Tel ++41 (0)56 483 34 64    Fax ++41 (0)56 493 30 20
> <crosstool_make_static.patch.gz>


------
Want more information?  See the CrossGCC FAQ, http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/
Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to crossgcc-unsubscribe@sources.redhat.com