[OE-core] [PATCH 0/1] Add PREFIX and EXEC_PREFIX to gccrelocprefix section

[Mark Hatle]

On 11/18/19 11:17 AM, Mark Hatle wrote:
> I have an unusual use-case that requires me to move the location of gcc.
> As part of this, I noticed that the built-in include paths were not being
> runtime relocated, while other paths were.  It turns out this was becaue
> PREFIX/EXEC_PREFIX were being used as defined at build time, but the other
> prefixes were being used as relocated at SDK install time.
> 
> The patch set corrects this and adds PREFIX/EXEC_PREFIX to the list.  There
> is no test case for this, as I'm not sure how we could ever test this with
> the standard OE SDKs.
> 
> The way I tested this code change was:
> 
> bitbake meta-toolchain
> 
> install the SDK
> 
> wrap all of the executables in the HOST sysroot with:
> 
> exec <LDSO> --library-path <LIBPATH>:<LIBBASEPATH> <executable> $@
> 
> mv the 'installed' version else where and then build a simple hellow world
> application.
> 
> Doing this before the change resulted in 'unable to find <stddef.h>', after
> the change it works as expected.  Use the '-v' to inspect what it was doing
> it was clear that runtime relocation was NOT relocating the system include
> paths before the change.

Forgot to mention, I also tested this using the regular approach of sourcing the
environment file, and compiling using $CC.  :)

--Mark

> Mark Hatle (1):
>   gcc-9.2: Update the relocation patch to add PREFIX/EXEC_PREFIX
> 
>  ...le-sysroot-support-for-nativesdk-gcc.patch | 185 +++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 159 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>