problem with sparc-elf gcc cross-compiler under fedora 8

[Dennis Gilmore]

On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Jim DiNunzio wrote:
> Hi,
> We are getting different and broken object file output running the same gcc
> cross-compiler on different machines with different versions of fedora.
>
> There are no errors, just different binary output.  Most files compile to
> identical object files on both machines, but some don't.  The program built
> on the fedora 8 machine when run on the embedded system reboots somewhere
> in its startup sequence continuously.  The one built on the older machine
> runs fine.
>
> We suspect the problem may be with the different versions of shared library
> residing on the local machine, libc (2.2.93 in the working case and 2.7 in
> the non-working case)  However all attempts to reproduce the shared library
> environment on the working machine using LD_LIBRARY_PATH have failed.
> Please see script at bottom of this email.  Below is the shared library
> dependencies of the assembler which is producing different output from
> identical assembly output (.s file) input.
>
> As an last resort we are considering downgrading to Fedora 6, the last
> known version on which we know the compile works.  We don't have the option
> of rebuilding the cross-compiler at this point since we don't want to break
> anybody else.
>
> Thanks for any insights you might have.
>

sounds like things are not being linked correctly.  I can do native sparc 
linux compiles for you to test if you would like

Dennis

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