Updated GLIBC on the host machine to a version greater than 2.7 fixed that
error with the toolchain. However, the issue still exists
where ptxdist can't find the sysroot for the toolchain unless I manually
modify the ptxd_make_00-init.sh. What is the reason for searching for the
collect2 folder in order to determine the sysroot folder and isn't there a
better way to look for the sysroot folder?

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>wrote:

> On 09/16/2011 03:53 PM, Ryan Barnett wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm currently trying to use a toolchain that I have compiled with
> > crosstool-ng with ptxdist-2011-07-0 however I have been having some
> problems
> > with ptxdist trying to recognize and use this toolchain.
> >
> > The first problem that I have had is with the following ptxdist script:
> > script/lib/ptxd_make_00-init.sh. It gives me the following error:
> >
> > "ptxdist: error: failed to source lib:
> > /opt/lib/ptxdist-2011.07.0/scripts//lib/ptxd_make_00-init.sh."
> >
> > I have tracked down where this error is coming from and it is on 65 of
> the
> > ptxd_make_00-init.sh because of the sed call that looks for the collect2
> > folder. There isn't a collect2 folder in the toolchain that was compiled.
> So
> > to overcome that error I have made a temporary work around by just
> setting
> > the sysroot folder manually.
> >
> > However, this has led to another problem, when trying to compile I get
> the
> > following error:
> >
> > arm-cortex_a8_linaro4.5-linux-gnueabi-ld: /lib/libc.so.6: version
> > `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by
> arm-cortex_a8_linaro4.5-linux-gnueabi-ld)
>
> Update your distribution, you need atleast GLIBC_2.7 to run the
> toolchain. Is that toolchain compiled on that host?
>
> > It seems that ptxdist or something is trying to use the host machine's
> GLIBC
> > instead of the cross compiler's sysroot even though I have manually
> > specified it.
>
> Nope - It's about executing the toolchain's linker.
>
> > Could somebody please point me to how I can compile a toolchain with
> > crosstool-ng that can be used with ptxdist? Or point me in the right
> > direction in how I can fix these errors?
>
> cheers, Marc
>
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