Problems with building a Cross-Compiler

[Christoph Walzer <a8802616 at unet dot univie dot ac dot at>]

Hi !
I'm not really sure whether I found a bug or not. Nevertheless I came
across a lot of inconveniences during the attempt to make a
cross-compiler.
I could solve some problems myself but now I'm stuck.
The facts:

i)  the (optional) native compilers: gcc 2.7.2.1, egcs 1.1.2, gcc
2.95.1, each one working perfectly so far

ii) using the above native compilers I tried to make
a cross-compiler out of egcs 1.1.2 and gcc 2.95.1 - unfortunately
unsuccessful for all the combination of cross and native
compilers I tried.

iii) target=powerpc-eabi, prefix=/usr/local/cross.ppc; configure.guess
finds as host: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1

iv) I compiled the binutils (2.9.1) before compiling gcc using the same
configure-parameters as above

v) I tried to make the cross-compiler by typing "make cross"; here are
the reasons why it stopped:
(a) native gcc 2.95.1, cross gcc 2.95.1:
In file included from ../../gcc-2.95.1/gcc/cp/tinfo.cc:32:
include/new:28: `operator new' takes type `size_t' as first parameter
.
.
.
include/new:39: `operator new' takes type `size_t' as first parameter
(b)native gcc.2.95.1 or gcc 2.7.2, cross egcs 1.1.2:
checking whether the C compiler (/home/Packete/Packete/Packet.Quellen/
Compilers.Tools/cross-gcc/build-gcc/gcc/xgcc  -B /home/Packete/
Packet.Quellen/Compilers.Tools/cross-gcc/build-gcc/gcc/ -g -O2 )
works ... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
cannot create executables.

Invoking xgcc myself it says "cannot exec cc1plus, no such file or
directory". But it's there - in the same directory as xgcc!

vi) I used the header-files from the target-machine (and put it in the
right place)

vii) trying "make all" with native gcc 2.7.2 or gcc 2.95.1 and cross
egcs lead to the Error:
../../egcs-1.1.2/gcc/objc/misc.c:  In function `objc_error':
../../egcs-1.1.2/gcc/objc/misc.c:44: request for member `gpr' in
something not a structure or union
.
.
.
../../egcs-1.1.2/gcc/objc/misc.c :44: request for member
`overflow_arg_area' in something not a struct or union

"make all" should be done according to the CrossGCC FAQ -don't blame me!

I read the "CrossGCC FAQ" as well as the cross-compiler part of "Using
and Porting GCC" and  did exactly what I had read there. I can't find
any
hint to the above errors.
Thanks for help in advance !

Christoph Walzer