[oe] "as" has gone missing.

[pHilipp Zabel]

On Jan 2, 2008 4:18 PM, Mike (mwester) <mwester at dls.net> wrote:
> Alas!  Sometime in the past - nobody here knows exactly when - "as" (the
> assembler) has gone missing from the packages.  The "gcc" bitbake recipe
> provides all manner of other packages, all of which can be installed, and
> seem to provide the necessary compilation tools to build stuff on the target
> device.  Except that the toolchain can't find "as" -- and as I peruse the
> recipes, neither can I!
>
> The assembler is built and placed on the buildhost (in the cross directory,
> as one would expect), so clearly it's handled by something - just not the
> "gcc" bb recipe.  The "gcc" recipe does not seem to build "as", and
> certainly doesn't have any support for packaging it.
>
> I am need of a clue, if anyone can offer some direction.  Might this be as
> simple as a configuration option missing when gcc is built (and "as" should
> be part of the "gcc" package), or is this a case where I'll have to add
> support for a separate "as" package to the recipe?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike (~mwester)

binutils, binutils-symlinks

cheers
Philipp