Re: Possible GCC 4.3 driver regression caused by your patch

[Carlos O'Donell <carlos at codesourcery dot com>]

Greg Schafer wrote:
> Hi Carlos and Mark,
>
> Your "Relocated compiler should not look in $prefix" patch here:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-10/msg00280.html
>
> appears to have caused a regression in my GCC 4.3 testing.
>
> In summary, there is a small window *during the GCC build itself* where GCC
> does not pick up the correct startfiles. For example, when GCC_FOR_TARGET is
> called to build the target libraries, the startfiles in $prefix/lib are not
> used. Instead, the startfiles from the host's /usr/lib are used which breaks
> my build. Note that the problem seems to rectify itself once the just-built
> GCC is installed into $prefix.
>
> Here's the scenario:
>
>  - Native build
>  - i686-pc-linux-gnu
>  - --prefix=/temptools
>  - Glibc already installed in /temptools/lib

What options did you use to configure the compiler? Could you double 
check your host system is actually i686-pc-linux-gnu? When you say 
"breaks my build", what error are you seeing?

Cheers,
Carlos.
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