Re: Possible GCC 4.3 driver regression caused by your patch

[Greg Schafer <gschafer at zip dot com dot au>]

On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 01:17:02PM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> 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?

The issue is now filed as

http://gcc.gnu.org/PR35532

It would be appreciated if the responsible Codesourcery folks could address
this regression.

Thanks
Greg