[oe] bitbake base-image: gmp-native: ERROR: function do_configure failed: configure: error: Oops, mp_limb_t is 32 bits, but the assembler code

[Richard Purdie]

On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 12:10 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 19.11.2009, 00:17 +0000 schrieb Richard Purdie:
> > On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 00:21 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > [...]
> > > well, unfortunately my search results did not include any hits from the
> > > OE bug tracker. I looked there a moment ago and found bug #3470 which
> > > seems to be related to my problem [5].
> > > 
> > > I will try to update it with the information from my messages to the
> > > list in the next days.
> > [...]
> > > > > [2] oe/angstrom-dev/work/x86_64-linux/gmp-native-4.2.4-r0/temp$ less log.do_configure.29183
> > 
> > I saw this recently, I wish I could remember how I fixed it :/.
> > 
> > I looked back at the above log and it says:
> > 
> > checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> > checking whether to build static libraries... yes
> > checking for ld used by g++... ld -m elf_i386
> > checking if the linker (ld -m elf_i386) is GNU ld... yes
> > checking whether the g++ linker (ld -m elf_i386) supports shared libraries... yes
> > checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
> > checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
> > 
> > and the i386 references above show configure is off the rails before it
> > hits the fatal error.
> > 
> > Do you have the config.log file from the broken builds?
> 
> Here you go.

So just to be clear, you don't have any 64 bit userspace, just a 32 bit
one? Running gcc to compile something gives you a 32 bit binary, not a
64 bit one?

I'd try adding:

BUILD_ARCH = "i686"
BUILD_OS = "linux"

to your local.conf

Cheers,

Richard