[Nix-dev] Re: gcc 4.4.2 in stdenv - status

[Lluís Batlle]

2009/12/1 Ludovic Courtès <ludo at gnu.org>:
> Hi,
>
> Lluís Batlle <viriketo at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I've been trying to get the gcc 4.4.2 native compilers in the
>> sheevaplug, and that fails because of lack of recent enough  binutils
>> in the bootstrap files. I will try to overcome this, and generate new
>> bootstrap-files.
>
> What are the versions involved?
I think the binutils 2.20 will work well. I saw a bug report in gcc
telling about the fix done in binutils.

>
>> Regarding the usage of gcc 4.4.2 compilers to cross-build, I think gcc
>> 4.4.2 has some bug:
>> http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20091119.140407.040d3c5b.en.html
>> It looks like cross-gcc 4.4.2 does not build well without a libc,
>> while gcc 4.4.1 and the svn branch 4.4.3 do.
>
> Is there a bug report upstream?  Did you actually try it?
I did not check for the bug report, but 4.4.3 works, say the people in
that thread.

Regards,
Lluís.