Cross compiling gcc for mipsel error [as: unrecognized option `-G']

[Andrew Haley]

Francois DERMU writes:
 > That's what I get when I do a "gcc -dumpmachine" on my already installed 
 > gcc (the one that comes with my Ubuntu dist.)

So why on Earth did you post that?  We're talking about a cross
compiler.

> Then I configured my gcc
> ../gcc-3.4.4/configure --enable-languages="c,c++,java" 
> --prefix=/usr/local/majax --target=mipsel i486-linux-gnu

You wrote:

> Then I configured my gcc
> ../gcc-3.4.4/configure --enable-languages="c,c++,java" 
> --prefix=/usr/local/majax --target=mipsel i486-linux-gnu

 > What command should I right to get the right parameter ?

Well, you surely shouldn't have "i486-linux-gnu" as a configure
parameter.  Your target should be something like "mipsel-linux-gnu".

 > Andrew Haley wrote:
 > > Francois DERMU writes:
 > >  > Sorry my mistake...
 > >  > 
 > >  > First I had my binutils and headers installed in a subdir (majax) of the 
 > >  > $prefix to be sure not to break anything on my machine (and that really 
 > >  > helped me !!!)
 > >  > then I copied the content of it directly to the $prefix
 > >  > but then on the I forgot to change it on the configuration command:
 > >  > ../gcc-3.4.4/configure --enable-languages="c,c++,java" 
 > >  > --prefix=/usr/local-->/majax<-- --target=mipsel i486-linux-gnu
 > > 
 > > What does this configure line mean?  "i486-linux-gnu"?
 > > 
 > > Doesn't make any sense.
 > > 
 > > Andrew.