glibc configure: error: Need linker with .init_array/.fini_array support

glibc configure: error: Need linker with .init_array/.fini_array support

[jeffiedward]

Hi,
I'm new to the GNU tool building environment.
I'm trying to build cross GCC for powerpc-linux platform.
I could compile binutils and first-stage gcc.

These are my configuration options:

binutils:
--------
../configure --prefix=/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC --target=powerpc-linux-gnu
make all
make install

first-stage gcc:
---------------
../configure --target=powerpc-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC
--disable-shared --disable-threads --enable-languages=c
make all-gcc
make install-gcc

when i try to compile glibc, the following configuration error occurs:

../configure CFLAGS=" -march=i686 -O2" --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
--target=powerpc-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC
--with-headers=/home/tellabs/GNU/include
--with-binutils=/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC/powerpc-linux-gnu/bin

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure: running configure fragment for add-on nptl
...
...
checking for autoconf... autoconf
checking whether autoconf works... yes
checking whether ranlib is necessary... /tmp/ccE5O0vD.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccE5O0vD.s:7: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `pushl'
/tmp/ccE5O0vD.s:8: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `movl'
/tmp/ccE5O0vD.s:9: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `popl'
/tmp/ccE5O0vD.s:10: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `ret'
/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC/powerpc-linux-gnu/bin/ar: conftest.o: No such file or
directory
cp: cannot stat `conftest.a': No such file or directory
/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC/powerpc-linux-gnu/bin/ranlib: 'conftest.a': No such
file
yes
checking LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable... ok
checking whether GCC supports -static-libgcc... -static-libgcc
...
...
checking for broken __attribute__((alias()))... no
checking whether to put _rtld_local into .sdata section... no
checking for .preinit_array/.init_array/.fini_array support... no
configure: error: Need linker with .init_array/.fini_array support.

Could anyone please figure out what the problem is. Have any of you faced
similar problem? It will be a great help if i get the result. I got stuck in
this step for many days. Also please tell me whether the configuration
options I ahve used is correct.

Thanks in advance,
Jeff.J

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Re: glibc configure: error: Need linker with .init_array/.fini_array support

[Ian Lance Taylor]

jeffiedward <j.jeffi@yahoo.co.in> writes:

> when i try to compile glibc, the following configuration error occurs:
>
> ../configure CFLAGS=" -march=i686 -O2" --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
> --target=powerpc-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC
> --with-headers=/home/tellabs/GNU/include
> --with-binutils=/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC/powerpc-linux-gnu/bin
>
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> configure: running configure fragment for add-on nptl
> ...
> ...
> checking for autoconf... autoconf
> checking whether autoconf works... yes
> checking whether ranlib is necessary... /tmp/ccE5O0vD.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/ccE5O0vD.s:7: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `pushl'
> /tmp/ccE5O0vD.s:8: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `movl'
> /tmp/ccE5O0vD.s:9: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `popl'
> /tmp/ccE5O0vD.s:10: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `ret'

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follow ups to gcc-help.  Thanks.

It looks like this is using the wrong assembler.

../configure CFLAGS=" -march=i686 -O2" --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
--target=powerpc-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC
--with-headers=/home/tellabs/GNU/include
--with-binutils=/home/tellabs/GNU/PPC/powerpc-linux-gnu/bin

I'm not sure, but I think this should be --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu
--host=powerpc-linux-gnu.  glibc is not a compilation tool and it does
not have a target.  It only has a host.

Ian