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Re: Building GCC 4.2.0 fails on Linux x86-64
Hi!
Brian Dessent wrote:
> I wonder if you are running into the problem where debian-based distros
> use the non-standard 64 bit /usr/lib and 32 bit /usr/lib32, whereas the
> rest of the world uses 64 bit /usr/lib64 and 32 bit /usr/lib. I think
> this makes it impossible to build a multilib gcc without patches on such
> systems. You can --disable-multilib and see if that fixes the problem.
This works for me. Thanks very much!
I'm a bit disappointed that the docs give (at least as far as I have
seen) no hint about this kind of problems. If e.g. all Debian-based
distros behave like this, this issue might be worth mentioning somewhere
in the docs.
Best regards,
Alexander Wieder