Re: multi-arch build problem with older binutils

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On Thursday 18 February 2010 09:35:11 Yann Droneaud wrote:
> When trying to build glibc HEAD on a x86 system, make failed with:
> 
> ../sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/strcmp.S: Assembler
> messages:
> ../sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/strcmp.S:78: Error: unrecognized symbol
> type "gnu_indirect_function"
> 
> Indeed, my assembler doesn't support gnu_indirect_function
> as ./configure found previously:
> 
> config.log:
> configure:4360: checking for assembler gnu_indirect_function symbol type
> support
> conftest.s: Assembler messages:
> conftest.s:1: Error: unrecognized symbol type "gnu_indirect_function"
> configure:4376: result: no
> 
> config.h:
> /* Define if multi-arch DSOs should be generated.  */
> /* #undef USE_MULTIARCH */
> 
> config.make:
> multi-arch = no
> 
> I have to explicitly use --disable-multi-arch to build glibc HEAD,
> otherwise multi-arch directories ($multi_arch_d) are added to the list
> of sysdep directories ($sysnames_add_ons$sysnames) to use regardless
> gnu_indirect_function test.
> 
> This is a little bug in the configure script or in the build
> requirements (INSTALL tells me about binutils 2.15, I have 2.19.xx).

sounds like a bug in the build system and not the documentation
-mike

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