[oe] "cannot find -lppl_c" link error

[Mr Dash Four]

I am trying to build my kernel image with "bitbake virtual/kernel" using the following (rather short) local.conf:

DL_DIR = "${HOME}/oe/sources"
BBFILES = "${HOME}/oe/openembedded/recipes/*/*.bb"
MACHINE = "htcdream"
DISTRO = "shr"
BBMASK = "/(nonworking|obsolete|cacao)/"

As a side note - the reason I excluded "cacao" above as well is because there are some errors in the .bb recipe files. Unfortunately, my build fails with the following error:

| gcc   -isystem/home/mr-4/oe/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/include -O2 -g -DIN_GCC -DCROSS_DIRECTORY_STRUCTURE  -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-format-attribute -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -Wold-style-definition -Wc++-compat   -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -L/home/mr-4/oe/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/mr-4/oe/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/home/mr-4/oe/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib -Wl,-O1 -o cc1-dummy c-lang.o stub-objc.o attribs.o c-errors.o c-lex.o c-pragma.o c-decl.o c-typeck.o c-convert.o c-aux-info.o c-common.o c-opts.o c-format.o c-semantics.o c-ppoutput.o c-cppbuiltin.o c-objc-common.o c-dump.o c-pch.o c-parser.o arm-c.o c-gimplify.o tree-mudflap.o c-pretty-print.o c-omp.o \
| 	  dummy-checksum.o main.o  libbackend.a ../libcpp/libcpp.a ../libdecnumber/libdecnumber.a ../libcpp/libcpp.a   ../libiberty/libiberty.a ../libdecnumber/libdecnumber.a  -lcloog  -Wl,-Bstatic  -lppl_c -lppl -lgmpxx -Wl,-Bdynamic -Wl,-Bstatic -lmpc -lmpfr -lgmp -Wl,-Bdynamic -rdynamic -ldl  -L../zlib -lz -Wl,-Bstatic -lelf -Wl,-Bdynamic
| /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lppl_c
| collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
| make[2]: *** [cc1-dummy] Error 1
| make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mr-4/oe/build/tmp/work/armv6-novfp-oe-linux-gnueabi/gcc-cross-initial-4.5-r38.1+svnr170880/gcc-4_5-branch/build.x86_64-linux.arm-oe-linux-gnueabi/gcc'
| make[1]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
| make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mr-4/oe/build/tmp/work/armv6-novfp-oe-linux-gnueabi/gcc-cross-initial-4.5-r38.1+svnr170880/gcc-4_5-branch/build.x86_64-linux.arm-oe-linux-gnueabi'
| make: *** [all] Error 2
| + die 'oe_runmake failed'
| + oefatal 'oe_runmake failed'
| + echo FATAL: 'oe_runmake failed'
| FATAL: oe_runmake failed
| + exit 1
NOTE: package gcc-cross-initial-4.5-r38.1+svnr170880: task do_compile: Failed
ERROR: Function 'do_compile' failed (see /home/mr-4/oe/build/tmp/work/armv6-novfp-oe-linux-gnueabi/gcc-cross-initial-4.5-r38.1+svnr170880/temp/log.do_compile.1190 for further information)
ERROR: Task 748 (/home/mr-4/oe/openembedded/recipes/gcc/gcc-cross-initial_4.5.bb, do_compile) failed with exit code '1'
ERROR: '/home/mr-4/oe/openembedded/recipes/gcc/gcc-cross-initial_4.5.bb' failed


It looks as though ld cannot find "ppl_c" (not ppl!). What is ppl_c? The build environment I use is x86_64 (quad core CPU), running heavily upgraded and updated FC13 (most of the components are based on FC14 & FC15). The target device is htcdream (ARMv6).

Any idea what is causing this?

I've followed the installation guide (http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Getting_started) and the only difference is that I deployed bitbake 1.12.0 instead of 1.10.2. I keep the full logs so I can post them here if there is any interest. Many thanks in advance!