4.2 build problem on redhat x86_64

4.2 build problem on redhat x86_64

[Andrew Bell]

Hi,

I'm trying to build 4.2.2 on a redhat x86_64 system.  I get the
following during the configuration process that happens during make
bootstrap:

...
configuring stage 1 in ./bfd
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... Invalid configuration
`x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized

checking target system type... Invalid configuration
`x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized

checking build system type... Invalid configuration
`x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
...

And a little later:

checking whether ln -s works... yes
ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify'
Try `ltconfig --help' for more information.
configure: error: libtool configure failed

Here's the configure line (same behavior without the variables defined)

$ LIBRARY_PATH=/network/lib64 C_INCLUDE_PATH=/network/include
/home/acbell/gcc/gcc-4.2.2/configure --prefix=/home/acbell/gcc/bindir

Here's the build command:

$ LIBRARY_PATH=/network/lib64 C_INCLUDE_PATH=/network/include make bootstrap

Any ideas appreciated.

-- 
Andrew Bell
andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com

Re: 4.2 build problem on redhat x86_64

[Tim Prince]

Andrew Bell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to build 4.2.2 on a redhat x86_64 system.  I get the
> following during the configuration process that happens during make
> bootstrap:
> 
> ....
> configuring stage 1 in ./bfd
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... Invalid configuration
> `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> 
> checking target system type... Invalid configuration
> `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> 
> checking build system type... Invalid configuration
> `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> ....
Are you building gcc?  Did you configure or build in one of the source
directories, contrary to all advice?

Re: 4.2 build problem on redhat x86_64

[Andrew Bell]

On Nov 29, 2007 9:07 PM, Tim Prince <tprince@computer.org> wrote:
> Andrew Bell wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to build 4.2.2 on a redhat x86_64 system.  I get the
> > following during the configuration process that happens during make
> > bootstrap:
> >
> > ....
> > configuring stage 1 in ./bfd
> > loading cache ./config.cache
> > checking host system type... Invalid configuration
> > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> >
> > checking target system type... Invalid configuration
> > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> >
> > checking build system type... Invalid configuration
> > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > ....
> Are you building gcc?  Did you configure or build in one of the source
> directories, contrary to all advice?

Yes, I am building gcc.

No, I did not configure or build in the source directory.  (I have
built gcc many times, but never on this platform).

-- 
Andrew Bell
andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com

Re: 4.2 build problem on redhat x86_64

[Andrew Bell]

On Nov 30, 2007 8:40 AM, Andrew Bell <andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com> wrote>
> On Nov 29, 2007 9:07 PM, Tim Prince <tprince@computer.org> wrote:
> > Andrew Bell wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to build 4.2.2 on a redhat x86_64 system.  I get the
> > > following during the configuration process that happens during make
> > > bootstrap:
> > >
> > > ....
> > > configuring stage 1 in ./bfd
> > > loading cache ./config.cache
> > > checking host system type... Invalid configuration
> > > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > >
> > > checking target system type... Invalid configuration
> > > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > >
> > > checking build system type... Invalid configuration
> > > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > > ....
> > Are you building gcc?  Did you configure or build in one of the source
> > directories, contrary to all advice?
>
> Yes, I am building gcc.

I was trying to build gcc, but the process failed when trying to build
the binutils that I linked in.  Sorry.

Is there are separate mailing list/set of maintainers for binutils?

Thanks,

-- 
Andrew Bell
andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com

Re: 4.2 build problem on redhat x86_64

[Kai Ruottu]

Andrew Bell wrote:
> I was trying to build gcc, but the process failed when trying to build
> the binutils that I linked in.
"Linked in"?  Did you try to "combine" the binutils and GCC sources into 
one "build tree" and then
configure and build them both at the same time?

The combining isn't that simple when binutils and GCC are separate 
projects :(   The same-name
subdirectories should be "in sync", suitable for both the binutils and 
the GCC version.  It would be
much better to configure and build these separately, one by one!

Re: 4.2 build problem on redhat x86_64

[Andrew Bell]

On Nov 30, 2007 10:38 AM, Kai Ruottu <karuottu@mbnet.fi> wrote:
> Andrew Bell wrote:
> > I was trying to build gcc, but the process failed when trying to build
> > the binutils that I linked in.
> "Linked in"?  Did you try to "combine" the binutils and GCC sources into
> one "build tree" and then
> configure and build them both at the same time?
>
> The combining isn't that simple when binutils and GCC are separate
> projects :(   The same-name
> subdirectories should be "in sync", suitable for both the binutils and
> the GCC version.  It would be
> much better to configure and build these separately, one by one!

The build instructions states that make:

"Perform a 3-stage bootstrap of the compiler. This includes building
three times the target tools for use by the compiler such as binutils
(bfd, binutils, gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes) if they have been
individually linked or moved into the top level GCC source tree before
configuring."

Tried things one at a time and that worked OK.  Has the integrated
build of binutils been tested lately.  Perhaps it works, it may just
need a little more detail in the instructions.

Cheers and Thanks,

-- 
Andrew Bell
andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com

Re: 4.2 build problem on redhat x86_64

[Michael Meissner]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:33:09AM -0600, Andrew Bell wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2007 8:40 AM, Andrew Bell <andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com> wrote>
> > On Nov 29, 2007 9:07 PM, Tim Prince <tprince@computer.org> wrote:
> > > Andrew Bell wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to build 4.2.2 on a redhat x86_64 system.  I get the
> > > > following during the configuration process that happens during make
> > > > bootstrap:
> > > >
> > > > ....
> > > > configuring stage 1 in ./bfd
> > > > loading cache ./config.cache
> > > > checking host system type... Invalid configuration
> > > > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > > >
> > > > checking target system type... Invalid configuration
> > > > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > > >
> > > > checking build system type... Invalid configuration
> > > > `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized
> > > > ....
> > > Are you building gcc?  Did you configure or build in one of the source
> > > directories, contrary to all advice?
> >
> > Yes, I am building gcc.
> 
> I was trying to build gcc, but the process failed when trying to build
> the binutils that I linked in.  Sorry.
> 
> Is there are separate mailing list/set of maintainers for binutils?
> 
> Thanks,

Yes, binutils is a completely different set of developers, mailing lists,
etc. though there are many people who develop for both binutils and gcc.
Here is the page that explians the mailing lists:
http://sourceware.org/binutils/

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Michael Meissner, AMD
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michael.meissner@amd.com