On 22/04/2010 09:16, Kai Ruottu wrote:
> Whatever the 'objdump -T' now tries to do during the
> 'gcc/configure', that it does with the wrong 'objdump',
> that for the $target, not that for the $host !
>
> Maybe there was some usual one-eyeness in implementation,
> in a native GCC $host == $target, and it never was thought
> that someone could make a cross GCC ?
Yes, it's not an entirely uncommon mistake. (The fact that most target
versions of objdump speak such a wide range of object formats may have helped
it to be overlooked.)
> This "feature"
It's a bug, feel free to call it a bug!
> appeared when someone tried to build
> gcc-4.5.0 for 'arm-elf' on a x86_64 machine, seemingly
> the objdump made for arm-elf target and x86_64-linux-gnu
> host doesn't grok 64-bit ELF binaries...
Right you are. So file a PR please, so that it doesn't get forgotten?
cheers,
DaveK
