[parisc-linux] Cannot build 02/18/2001 glibc

Matt Taggart taggart@carmen.fc.hp.com
Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:59:38 -0700


"Rafael E. Herrera" writes...

> Alan Modra wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Rafael E. Herrera wrote:
> > 
> > > checking for assembler line separator... *** You need a newer assembler
> > > to compile glibc
> > >[snip]
> > >  /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/as -V -Qy -v -o conftest.o conftest.s
> > 
> > Oops, this is an x86 assembler.
> > 
> > > The binaries called and the version numbers are shown. Do I need to
> > > upgrade the assembler or is it a PATH misconfiguration? Thanks.
> > 
> > You need the hppa-linux assembler installed and available on your PATH.
> 
> The PATH needs to include both of these entries:
> 
> PATH=~/palinux/bin:~/palinux/hppa-linux/bin:$PATH
> 
> I had just first one before.

No, you don't want hppa-linux/bin in there because then the build will only 
use the cross-compiler and will fail if it needs to build any i386 
binaries(like intermediate build tools etc.). As long as you have --host and 
--build set right then the build will do the right thing.

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