Building gcc: "decContext.c:38:43: error: string.h: No such file or directory"

Building gcc: "decContext.c:38:43: error: string.h: No such file or directory"

[Timur Tabi]

I'm building gcc 4.3.3 on a PowerPC Mac OS X 10.5 system, target is
powerpc-linux.  The build fails with this error.  I don't understand
how, after compiling hundreds of files, it suddenly can't find
string.h and stdio.h.

/Volumes/Goliath/Users/timur/dev/gcc-bin/./gcc/xgcc
-B/Volumes/Goliath/Users/timur/dev/gcc-bin/./gcc/
-B/usr/local/powerpc-linux/bin/ -B/usr/local/powerpc-linux/lib/
-isystem /usr/local/powerpc-linux/include -isystem
/usr/local/powerpc-linux/sys-include -O2 -g -g -O2 -msoft-float -fPIC
-mstrict-align -O2  -O2 -g -g -O2   -DIN_GCC
-DCROSS_DIRECTORY_STRUCTURE   -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition
-isystem ./include  -fPIC -g -DHAVE_GTHR_DEFAULT -DIN_LIBGCC2
-D__GCC_FLOAT_NOT_NEEDED -Dinhibit_libc -mlong-double-128 -I. -I.
-I../../.././gcc -I../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc
-I../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/. -I../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../gcc
-I../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../include
-I../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/dpd
-I../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber -DHAVE_CC_TLS -o
decContext.o -MT decContext.o -MD -MP -MF decContext.dep -c
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:38:43:
error: string.h: No such file or directory
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:39:54:
error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
In file included from
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:59,
                 from
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:41:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/gstdint.h:6:20: error: stdint.h: No such
file or directory
In file included from
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:41:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:61:50:
error: signal.h: No such file or directory
In file included from
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:41:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:84: error:
expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘int32_t’
In file included from
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:41:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:242: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:243: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘int32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:245: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decContextGetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:246: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:246: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:247: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decContextSaveStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:249: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:252: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:254: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decContextTestSavedStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.h:255: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decContextTestStatus’
In file included from
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:42:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:45:50:
error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
In file included from
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:42:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:100:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decSTICKYTAB’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:101:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decPOWERS’
In file included from
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:42:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:104:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decDPD2BIN’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:105:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decBIN2DPD’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:106:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decDPD2BINK’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:107:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decDPD2BINM’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:108:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decDPD2BCD8’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:109:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decBIN2BCD8’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:110:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decBCD2DPD’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:230:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘d2utable’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:291:
error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘uint8_t’
In file included from
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:42:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:330:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decCOMBMSD’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decNumberLocal.h:331:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decCOMBFROM’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:54: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decSTICKYTAB’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:59: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘__decPOWERS’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:72: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextClearStatus’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:73: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘status’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:73: error:
‘mask’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:73: error:
(Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:73: error:
for each function it appears in.)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: At top level:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:90: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘int32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextDefault’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:92: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘digits’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:93: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘emax’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:94: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘emin’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:95: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘round’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:96: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘traps’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:97: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘status’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:98: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘clamp’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:102: error:
‘kind’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:107: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘digits’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:108: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘emax’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:109: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘emin’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:110: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘round’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:111: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘traps’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:112: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘clamp’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:118: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘digits’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:119: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘emax’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:120: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘emin’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:121: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘round’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:122: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘traps’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:123: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘clamp’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:129: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘digits’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:130: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘emax’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:131: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘emin’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:132: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘round’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:133: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘traps’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:134: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘clamp’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:142: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextGetRounding’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:165: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘round’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: At top level:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:176: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decContextGetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:193: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:193: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextRestoreStatus’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:194: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘status’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:194: error:
‘mask’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:195: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘status’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:195: error:
‘newstatus’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: At top level:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:209: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decContextSaveStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextSetRounding’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:224: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘round’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: At top level:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:238: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextSetStatus’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:239: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘status’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:239: error:
‘status’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:240: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘traps’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:240:
warning: implicit declaration of function ‘raise’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:240: error:
‘SIGFPE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextSetStatusFromString’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:259:
warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strcmp’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:260: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:262: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:264: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:266: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:268: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:270: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:272: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:274: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:280: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:282: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:284: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:286: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:288: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:291: error:
‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextSetStatusFromStringQuiet’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:311: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:313: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:315: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:317: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:319: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:321: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:323: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:325: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:331: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:333: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:335: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:337: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:339: error:
too many arguments to function ‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:342: error:
‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: At top level:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:354: error:
expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘uint32_t’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextSetStatusQuiet’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:355: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘status’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:355: error:
‘status’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextStatusToString’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:367: error:
‘int32_t’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:367: error:
expected ‘;’ before ‘status’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:371: error:
‘status’ undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:366:
warning: unused parameter ‘context’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: At top level:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:402: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decContextTestSavedStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:416: error:
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
‘__decContextTestStatus’
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c: In function
‘__decContextZeroStatus’:
../../../../gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/../libdecnumber/decContext.c:429: error:
‘decContext’ has no member named ‘status’
make[4]: *** [decContext.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [multi-do] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-multi] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all-target-libgcc] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2


-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale

Re: Building gcc: "decContext.c:38:43: error: string.h: No such file or directory"

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com> writes:

> I'm building gcc 4.3.3 on a PowerPC Mac OS X 10.5 system, target is
> powerpc-linux.  The build fails with this error.  I don't understand
> how, after compiling hundreds of files, it suddenly can't find
> string.h and stdio.h.
>
> /Volumes/Goliath/Users/timur/dev/gcc-bin/./gcc/xgcc
> -B/Volumes/Goliath/Users/timur/dev/gcc-bin/./gcc/

The failure is occurring when the newly built gcc is being used to
compile gcc's support library.

Building a cross-compiler to a GNU/Linux system is tricky.  I recommend
looking at the scripts found via http://crosstool.org/ .

Ian

Re: Building gcc: "decContext.c:38:43: error: string.h: No such file or directory"

[Timur Tabi]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> The failure is occurring when the newly built gcc is being used to
> compile gcc's support library.
>
> Building a cross-compiler to a GNU/Linux system is tricky.  I recommend
> looking at the scripts found via http://crosstool.org/ .

crosstool looks clunky to me.  I solved the problem by adding a few
more command-line parameters to the configure script:

../gcc-4.3.3/configure --target=powerpc-linux
--program-prefix=powerpc-linux- --enable-languages="c"
--without-headers --disable-shared  --with-newlib --disable-threads
--disable-nls

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale