Re: mips-elf with newlib

["Michael N. Moran" <mike at mnmoran dot org>]

Michael N. Moran wrote:
> Kai Ruottu wrote:
>
> > But tools like 'bison', 'flex' etc. on the $build system could have
> > their influence....  I have attached the big-endian-hard-float
> > 'libgcc.a' I just got so you could compare yours with it, for
> > instance see what your 'ranlib' could say about it....
>
>
> # /tools/gnu/gcc/4.1.1/mips-elf/bin/mips-elf-ranlib libgcc.a
> /tools/gnu/gcc/4.1.1/mips-elf/bin/mips-elf-ranlib: libgcc.a: Malformed
> archive
>
> That makes it look suspiciously like my binutils build may have
> a problem.
>
> Indeed, I just tried your libgcc.a using the mips-elf-ranlib
> produced on my Fedora Core 2 machine with an identical configure
> script and binutils version (2.16.91.0.7), and the ranlib worked
> find (no Malformed archive).
>
> GCC 4.1.1 is still building on that (rather slow) machine. I'll
> post the results tomorrow, but I'm guessing the results will
> be different. Hmmm.

Follow up:

The build of mips-elf GCC 4.1.1 on my Fedora Core 2 machine
completed without incident. Thus, it seems that there is an
issue with RH9 host or environment. I will look at the binutils
build on my RH9 box more closely today.

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