Re: Error during "make bootstrap" during GCC 3.3 Creation

[Frank Krauss <fmfkrauss@mindspring.com>]

Thank you very much for your ideas.

I upgaraded the System to Binutils 2.13.2 and it still failed.

I thought that maybe it needed to have GLIBC updated before GCC.
I attempted to do that but it failed because it said my GCC
which on this System is currently egcs-2.91.66 is too OLD.

I guess I will try tomorrow to do the upgrade in the exact same order as I 
did it on my other System.
1.  First upgrade GCC from egcs-2.91.66 to 3.0.4
2.  Then upgrade GCC to 3.3

Hopefully this will work since its the exact same thing as I did then.

Thank you again for your effort and ideas.

I will tell you the results of this Project.

Yours truly,

Frank

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On Monday 19 April 2004 20:32, Frank Krauss wrote:
> On Monday 19 April 2004 17:13, llewelly@xmission.com wrote:
> > Frank Krauss <fmfkrauss@mindspring.com> writes:
> > > Thank you for looking into my Problem.
> > >
> > > 1.  Your 100% correct about the Binutils being at the wrong Level.
> > >      I somehow missed seeing that in the Pre-req section and I will
> > > look into updating that.
> >
> > See: http://xrl.us/bwvk , and also, www.gnu.org/software/binutils .
> >
> > Questions about binutils go to binutils at sources.redhat.com
> >
> > > 2.  I believe that my problem is actually caused by your 2nd suggestion
> > >     concerning the level of GLIBC that I'm using.
> > >     I didn't see any mention of a need for a specific version of
> > > GLIBC.
> >
> > I don't either. I was sure there was one when I wrote my last post,
> >     but now I think I was mistaken. I *do* know some additional
> >     libstdc++ testcase failures occur with glibc < 2.2.5, but that
> >     shouldn't prevent a bootstrap.
> >
> > > 3.  In other words, do I have to update my GLIBC to a specific level
> > >     before updating GCC?  I was under the impression that it was
> > >     supposed to be done the opposite way, with first GCC getting
> > > updated and then using it to update GLIBC.
> >
> > It depends on circumstance. I don't know all of the details.
> >
> > > 4.  Would you know of any doc available to show the correct procedure
> > >      on updating these two Components?
> > >
> > > I have enclosed the listing of my /lib/*libc* as you requested.
> > >
> > > Thanks again for your assistance.
> > >
> > > Frank
> > >
> > > output of "ls -l /lib/*libc*"
> > >
> > > -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root      1245005 Aug 10  1999
> > > /lib/libc-2.1.1.so
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > 2.1.1 is a very old libc. Unfortunately, upgrading libc from sources
> >     is difficult and error-prone. (It's not for the faint of heart,
> >     it's not for people who don't have full system backups, and it's
> >     not for people who don't have sstaticly linked copies of essential
> >     tools in strategic places. Nor is it for people without rescue
> >     disks and spare install CDs.)
> >
> > Normally one upgrades libc with linux-distro-supplied packages. You'll
> >     have to see your distro implementor for those.
> >
> > Since libc is so difficult to upgrade, I suggest you try upgrading
> >     binutils first, and hope that solves your problem.