I tried to compile gcc (4.4.1 and 4.4.2) for m68k-coff for Linux. I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 AMD64. However, I get an error stating that gas is not supported for the version of binutils (2.20) used:
... Configuring in ./gas configure: creating cache ./config.cache checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking target system type... m68k-unknown-coff checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for library containing strerror... none required checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... mawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking minix/config.h usability... no checking minix/config.h presence... no checking for minix/config.h... no checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc... ld checking if the linker (ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... nm checking the name lister (nm) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 3458764513820540925 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking for ld option to reload object files... -r checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar... ar checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-strip... no checking for strip... strip checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse nm output from gcc object... ok checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gcc linker (ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes Setting warning flags = -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Werror checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no This target is no longer supported in gas make[1]: *** [configure-gas] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/binutils-2.20' make: *** [all] Error 2 $ When compiling m68k-elf the process went smoothly and I can install (m68k-elf-as, m68k-elf-ar, etc.). But this time I can not compile gcc 4.4.1 or 4.4.2 (m68k-elf-gcc) because I get an error stating problems with libgcc.mvars: configure: creating cache ./config.cache checking for --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs... no checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... mawk checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... m68k-unknown-elf checking for m68k-elf-ar... /usr/m68k-elf/bin/ar checking for m68k-elf-lipo... m68k-elf-lipo checking for m68k-elf-nm... /home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc/nm checking for m68k-elf-ranlib... /usr/m68k-elf/bin/ranlib checking for m68k-elf-strip... /usr/m68k-elf/bin/strip checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for m68k-elf-gcc... /home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc/xgcc -B/home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc/ -B/usr/m68k-elf/bin/ -B/usr/m68k-elf/lib/ -isystem /usr/m68k-elf/include -isystem /usr/m68k-elf/sys-include -mcpu=fidoa -msoft-float checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether /home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc/xgcc -B/home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc/ -B/usr/m68k-elf/bin/ -B/usr/m68k-elf/lib/ -isystem /usr/m68k-elf/include -isystem /usr/m68k-elf/sys-include -mcpu=fidoa -msoft-float accepts -g... yes checking for /home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc/xgcc -B/home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc/ -B/usr/m68k-elf/bin/ -B/usr/m68k-elf/lib/ -isystem /usr/m68k-elf/include -isystem /usr/m68k-elf/sys-include -mcpu=fidoa -msoft-float option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... /home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc/xgcc -B/home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc/ -B/usr/m68k-elf/bin/ -B/usr/m68k-elf/lib/ -isystem /usr/m68k-elf/include -isystem /usr/m68k-elf/sys-include -mcpu=fidoa -msoft-float -E checking whether decimal floating point is supported... no checking whether fixed-point is supported... no checking for __attribute__((visibility("hidden")))... yes checking whether the target assembler supports thread-local storage... yes updating cache ./config.cache configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: executing default commands Adding multilib support to Makefile in ../../../.././libgcc with_multisubdir=mfidoa/softfp make[2]: Entering directory `/home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/m68k-elf/libgcc' Makefile:143: ../.././gcc/libgcc.mvars: No such file or directory make[2]: *** No rule to make target `../.././gcc/libgcc.mvars'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1/m68k-elf/libgcc' make[1]: *** [all-target-libgcc] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/miltoncsl/Documents/coldfire/gcc-4.4-4.4.1.orig/gcc-4.4.1' make: *** [all] Error 2 The fact of using a 64bit system would be impeding the progress of the process? (googleTranslate) Milton César Disegna de Souza Leite -- Summary: gcc no compile for m68k(coff/elf) Product: gcc Version: 4.4.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: miltoncsl at yahoo dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42557