[Bug fortran/32487] New: no 8-bit type when compiling a cross-compiler for mips

["davidl at lmert dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

I'm trying to compile a cross-compiler to use with "nestedvm" (which emulates
MIPS binaries) on Debian Linux.  The full version of the stable host GCC is
"gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)",  so I decided to use
the closest matching source release to build a cross-compiler.  It fails with
the followig at the end of the output:

checking size of short... 0
checking for char... no
checking size of char... 0
checking for type equivalent to int8_t... configure: error: no 8-bit type
/usr/src/gcc-4.1.2/libgfortran/configure: line 9718: exit: please: numeric
argument required
/usr/src/gcc-4.1.2/libgfortran/configure: line 9718: exit: please: numeric
argument required
make[1]: *** [configure-target-libgfortran] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/build-gcc'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Since the line in question reads

     { (exit please report a bug); exit please report a bug; }; }

,  I'm doing just that.

I used the following "configure" command to set this up,  after merging in all
the subdirectories from binutils 2.17:

../gcc-4.1.2/configure --disable-libssp --program-prefix=mips-unknown-elf-
--enable-languages=c,fortran --target=mips-unknown-elf


-- 
           Summary: no 8-bit type when compiling a cross-compiler for mips
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.1.1
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: fortran
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: davidl at lmert dot com
 GCC build triplet: i686-linux-elf
  GCC host triplet: i686-linux-elf
GCC target triplet: mips-unknown-elf


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32487