Bug#504487: gcc-4.3: build cross toolchain for powerpc fails

[Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 02:09:08PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Package: gcc-4.3
> > Version: 4.3.2-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I tried building a cross toolchain for powerpc following the steps on
> > http://www.emdebian.org/tools/crossdev.html (i.e. installing
> > binutils-$arch-linux-gnu and libc6-dev-$arch-cross, then export
> > GCC_TARGET=arch, debian/rules control, dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot).
> 
> I see this problem on powerpc, mips and mipsel, but not on i386.
> I haven't tested sparc and s390. A workaround (when 64-bit isn't
> needed) is to disable multilibs.

This will break _any_ biarch compiling which matches the setup as in
Debian. You need to find a way without touching the patches which are
applied.

Bastian

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