Auto conf fails when using a prebuilt toolchain

[Denys Dmytriyenko]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:16:51AM -0700, Matthew Jeffryes wrote:
> I am cross compiling using a prebuilt toolchain. According to the instructions in the user manual I added these lines to my site.conf:
> 
> PREFIX="arm-v4t-linux-gnueabi-"
> PRE_BUILT="/opt/arm-v4t-linux-gnueabi/gcc-4.1.2-glibc-2.5-kernel-2.6.18"
> 
> export CC="${PREFIX}gcc"
> export CXX="${PREFIX}g++"
> export CPP="${PREFIX}gcc -E"
> export LD="${PREFIX}ld"
> export AR="${PREFIX}ar"
> export AS="${PREFIX}as"
> export RANLIB="${PREFIX}ranlib"
> export STRIP="${PREFIX}strip"
> 
> TARGET_CPPFLAGS_append = " -I${PRE_BUILT}/include "
> TARGET_LDFLAGS_prepend = " -L${PRE_BUILT} -Wl,-rpath-link,${PRE_BUILT}/lib "
> 
> ASSUME_PROVIDED += " virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc-initial"
> ASSUME_PROVIDED += " virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc"
> ASSUME_PROVIDED += " virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}g++"
> ASSUME_PROVIDED += " virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}libc-for-gcc"
> ASSUME_PROVIDED += " virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils"
> ASSUME_PROVIDED += " virtual/libc"
> 
> ASSUME_SHLIBS = "libc.so.6:libc"
> 
> Unfortunately, when build base-image my build fails relatively early because a configure script is trying to run a test program compiled with the crosscompiler on the host:

Hi there,

Any luck with making a build using a prebuilt toolchain? I am seeing the same 
error, but in gcc-cross-4.3.1... And why is it being built at all?

As a more general question - where can I read about using external/prebuilt 
toolchains with OE?

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Denys