Build fail

[Kai Ruottu]

Bhaskar Reddy wrote:
> I'm trying to build a cross compiler on i686 for i386.
> Configure Line: configure --target=i386-linux-gnu
>   
Here it is totally unclear what on earth is your $target !  There are 
still maybe tens of
Linux/i386's hanging around, all more or less binary uncompatible with 
each other...
Maybe you are going to build this "i386-linux-gnu" system from absolute 
scratch?
If it is an old PC/i486 board with RHL6.2,  then telling that  would be 
quite sane.
 
And the GCC version on the $build system is totally unclear...

And the version of the GCC sources being tried is totally unclear...

If wanting anyone to tell any "secrets" oh his/hers, it is quite clear 
that one cannot keep
so many "secrets"...

> My host/build system type is: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>   
 As was the case with the $target, this doesn't tell much about the 
host/build system...
Fortunately this info isn't so important.  But in cases where trying 
gcc-3.2.3 sources
with a gcc-4.1.1 build/host compiler, this info would reveal what the 
problem is...

> But, i'm getting the following error messages:
>
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/local/bin/i386-linux-gnu-as',
> needed by `stamp-as'.  Stop.
>   
If using the native 'i686-pc-linux-gnu'  host 'ar', 'as', 'ld', 'nm', 
'ranlib' etc. the obvious configure
command template is :

AR_FOR_TARGET=ar \
AS_FOR_TARGET=as \
LD_FOR_TARGET=ld \
NM_FOR_TARGET=nm \
RANLIB_FOR_TARGET=ranlib \
$source_dir/configure .....

So telling what could be used as the tools for $target... Computers are 
stupid, everything must
be told to them, nothing left to be "guessed"...