Kai Ruottu writes: > Andrew Haley wrote : > > Indu Bhagat writes: > > > I am trying to configure gcc for compiling some c,cpp and fortran > > > sources to x86_64 on my x86 machine using the following steps: > > > > > > 1. Binutils-2.17 configuration and installation: > > > 2. After successful completion of step 1, gcc configuration and installation: > > > 3. After this, I proceeded with glibc, as I think one needs to have > > > appropriate library support as well, to support cross compilation. > > OK, now you need to build gcc again, this time with glibc (not > newlib) support. > > The common rule is that the "appropriate library" is always the C > library for the $target! For Red Hat's Linuces for instance it is > that for the Red Hat Linux in question, not for instance that for > some SuSE Linux or for some Debian or for some Ubuntu. And not a C > library for some "totally self-made Linux" which the builder > produces oneself purely from sources! If one doesn't know much, > the safe bet is always the original target stuff in the existing > target case! Well, that's good enough if one already has a pre-built set of target libraries: in that case, there is clearly no point building them again. However, the OP wants to build libc for the target, and I have to assume they have a decent reason for doing so. Andrew.
