Re: mac build woes : homebrew+iconvdata=big trouble

[Jolyon Wright <jolyon.wright@gmail.com>]

Really appreciate your help with this; I can confirm that your suggestion
*does* resolve the iconvdata problem - my build is way past this point now.

I have put some coffee on in anticipation of the next challenge :-)

I don't know the author of that piece but my guess is he will spot your
post,

Thanks again,

jolyon

On 10/01/2013 21:16, "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> wrote:

>Jolyon, All,
>
>On Thursday 10 January 2013 Jolyon Wright wrote:
>> I have been trying to build an arm cross compiler toolchain to run on
>> the mac using homebrew. I have been using these notes as a starting
>> point : http://www.benmont.com
>
>There are very bad suggestions in this /tutorial/:
>
>  - manually editing the .config file
>    This is a Bad Thing (TM).
>    The configuration of crosstoll-Ng is done by running one of the
>    configurators:
>        ct-ng menuconfig
>    or:
>        ct-ng nconfig
>
>    Options are set in the .config file because they've been set in the
>    menuconfig. Manually overrding them is wrong. The configuration must
>    be fixed from menuconfig.
>
>  - Static linking impossible on the host system [...]
>    The solution is wrong.
>
>    This error is because something in crostool-NG wants to do some
>    static linking. This should be disabled, using the menuconfig.
>    In this case, the option wanting the static link is:
>        CT_CC_STATIC_LIBSTDCXX
>    which is selected in:
>        C compiler  --->
>            [*] Link libstdc++ statically into the gcc binary
>
>    If you disable this option, then static linking is no longer
>    needed, and this error will vanish. Also, the '-Bstatic' issue will
>    also disapear.
>
>    We now have better code and error messages in the repository for this
>    problem. It will be available in the next release.
>
>  - gdb's 'readchar: Got EOF' error:
>    Do not edit the .config file manually. Use 'ct-ng menuconfig' to
>change
>    the config options.
>
>If you know how to contact the author, then please forward him/her this
>mail, and tell him/her to ask for help on the mailing list. We're usually
>trying to answer issues as much as we can (but being a volunteer endeavour
>for me, it's on a time-permit basis; others can/will help, too).
>
>Regards,
>Yann E. MORIN.
>
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