Hi, thank you again for your help! * On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * Steffen Dettmer <steffen.dettmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> If I understand correctly, it attempts to builb libiberty for >> my target platform? I don't need it. > > It is built because libstdc++ might use some things defined in > libiberty. If you are building for C only then you don't need > it, and it shouldn't be built. If you are building for C++ > also then you may need it and gcc will try to build it. Yes, but I tried without --disable-libiberty and without C++! I just restarted with configure in a new directory and it is reproducible. Here my options: $ ../gcc-4.6.0/configure \ --prefix=/usr/local/exp/gcc-4.6.0/ \ --enable-languages=c \ --target=arm-elf \ --program-prefix=arm-elf- \ --with-sysroot=/usr/local/build/gcc/sysroot/ \ --enable-interwork --enable-multilib \ --enable-target-optspace --with-float=soft \ --with-zlib=no \ --disable-libssp \ --disable-shared Is it correct to disable C++ by giving a --enable-languages list with is simply not includeing c++? Did I use the options correctly? Then I tried: $ make inhibit_libc=true After some hours ("felt-time") compilation time I get: make[2]: Leaving directory `...gcc/gcc-4.6.0-arm/arm-elf/libquadmath' Checking multilib configuration for libiberty... mkdir -p -- arm-elf/libiberty Configuring in arm-elf/libiberty ... checking for library containing strerror... configure: error: Link tests are not allowed after GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES. make[1]: *** [configure-target-libiberty] Error 1 How do I disable libiberty for target? My target has no strerror (not even errno). >> When I give `--disable-libiberty', I get an error earlier (that >> is, there is no rule to make target ../libiberty/libiberty.a or >> similar). > > Right, --disable-libiberty controls the host libiberty, not the > target one. (If I understand correctly, then this makes no sense, because gcc always needs it...). Actually, the option seems to control BOTH host and target builds. ok, so how do I disable it for the target only (but not for host)? (It works when I re-run configure with --disable-libiberty and re-run make, which still has the host lib but then does not attempt to build the target lib and works). Do you have another tip? Regards, Steffen