Why is building a cross compiler "out-of-the-box" always broken?

[David Daney]

Stephen M. Kenton wrote:
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>  I realize that there are various "solutions" for specific 
> platforms.  Dan Kegel's excellent crosstool and the cross-lfs website, 
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> So, my open questions to the list are, what is/should be the preferred 
> way to bootstrap a cross compiler/glibc environment?

Don't bootstrap.

Use one of Kegal's crosstool or the cross-lfs instructions exactly once.

Then keep a good build of glibc around for future build cycles.

That way you never bootstrap.  You just build a cross compiler in the 
standard manner, which *always* works.

David Daney