problems building ARM compiler

[Michael Eager]

Jeff Rhyason wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to build a native ARM compiler from an x86 machine.  I
> get "/usr/lib/crt1.o: could not read symbols: File in wrong format"
> while configuring the stage2 compiler.  What should I set to get
> it to not use the host's libraries?  (Shouldn't the stage2 compiler
> be using $PREFIX/lib/crt1.o?)
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Jeff
> 
> % uname -io
> i386 GNU/Linux
> % rm -fr * ;  ../gcc/configure --prefix=$ARMLINUX --host=arm-linux --enable-languages=c --with-float=softfp && make

Your host is x86, not arm.  You don't need to specify
--host= it will be recognized automatically.

Specify your target:  --target=arm-linux

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