[Bug libc/3004] New: Usage of readelf in configure on non elf/binutils system (configure.in)

[Bug libc/3004] New: Usage of readelf in configure on non elf/binutils system (configure.in)

[freyther at inf dot fu-berlin dot de]

My host system (Darwin/OSX) does not have binutils installed by default. When cross compiling for ARM 
Linux I have a cross compiled version of binutils and arm-linux-readelf available but no readelf version.

Using AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL([READELF],[readelf],[readelf],[$PATH]) will check for $target-readelf and 
fallback to readelf if the target can not be found. Then instead of using 'readelf' directly one only needs to 
write $READELF.

This bug is present in all glibc versions including the latest version in CVS.

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           Summary: Usage of readelf in configure on non elf/binutils system
                    (configure.in)
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: freyther at inf dot fu-berlin dot de
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
  GCC host triplet: i386-drawin
GCC target triplet: arm-linux


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[Bug libc/3004] Usage of readelf in configure on non elf/binutils system (configure.in)

[freyther at inf dot fu-berlin dot de]

------- Additional Comments From freyther at inf dot fu-berlin dot de  2006-08-05 21:42 -------
Created an attachment (id=1204)
 --> (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=1204&action=view)
use autoconf to check for *-readelf and fallback to readelf

We will use AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL to find a version of readelf, but will
fallback to 'readelf' to keep/emulate the current behaviour.

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[Bug libc/3004] Usage of readelf in configure on non elf/binutils system (configure.in)

[drepper at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com  2006-08-08 17:24 -------
You need a sane environment.  OS X does not qualify.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX


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[Bug libc/3004] Usage of readelf in configure on non elf/binutils system (configure.in)

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2006-08-10 05:57 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> You need a sane environment.  OS X does not qualify.

Why?  This is crazy to assume for a cross development.


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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |


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[Bug libc/3004] Usage of readelf in configure on non elf/binutils system (configure.in)

[drepper at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com  2006-08-10 20:34 -------
Stop reopening bugs.  There is nothing to argue about.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX


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