Re: bootstrapping binutils/gcc
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 01:09:05AM +0100, Michael Weber wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> In my quest to bootstrap a Debian NetBSD/Alpha system, I'm trying to
> compile the Debian binutils/gcc packages on NetBSD/Alpha.
>
> Basically I started with a chroot of the netbsd system, and then
> produced the basic packages so that i now can do
> # dpkg-source -x foo.dsc
> # cd foo-<version>
> # dpkg-buildpackage -sa -us -uc
> # debi
>
> to build and install package 'foo' (works most of the time with little
> to no fiddling now). I have ~30 binary packages so far.
>
> However, I'm still building with the NetBSD gcc/binutils/libc, and I
> figured that now would be a good time to switch to a Debian "native"
> compiler. =)
>
>
> To accomplish this, I have binutils configured with
> --target=alpha-netbsd --prefix=/some/path
>
> and compiled with the netbsd-gcc (egcs-1.1.2), which succeeded so far.
>
> Now, if I compile a simple C program with
> # netbsd-gcc -c foo.c
> and then link it statically with the _new_ binutils and the _original_
> netbsd libc, libgcc and crt*.o stuff, it works out.
>
> However, if I try to link it dynamically using the original netbsd
> stuff (in particular ld.elf_so), it segfaults and running it in the
> debugger gets gdb severely confused. So I guess I'm doing something
> really wrong here.
>
> I'm about to compile a bootstrap gcc (same configure options as
> binutils plus --with-gnu-* options) that'll use my new binutils, and
> then have a try at libc with it (in order to produce a new set of
> crt*.o), but this is more or less fishing in muddy water.
>
> Can anybody shed some light on how the i386 gcc/binutils packages were
> built?
I'm still waiting on the patches from the NetBSD i386 chroot creator that
he used for GCC, before I try to build one inside the tarball. Let me know
if you find something that works; I'd love to get a full suite of the GCC
tools into the i386 port as well (gdb does not currently exist inside...)
> Cheers,
> Michael
> BTW: is the netbsd libc already packaged as deb source? how about the
> netbsd utils., include files etc.?
Haven't seen it yet.... just the chroot. Part of what I'm waiting on.
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