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[staging] glibc: fix cross-compile to ppc64le #104733

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Fixes cross-compilation when build == host != target == ppc64le. Glibc invokes objcopy during cross-compilation to ppc64le, which fails when the nonprefixed objcopy can't understand the target format.

Needed to build cross bootstrap tools since glibc v2.32.

Error can be reproduced by attempting to build pkgsCross.powernv.stdenv.cc.libc:

objcopy: Unable to recognise the format of the input file `/build/build/no_ldbl_gnu_attribute.o'
make[2]: *** [../sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/Makefile:31: /build/build/no_ldbl_gnu_attribute.bin] Error 1

Checked for regressions locally by building:

  • stdenv
  • pkgsCross.powernv.stdenv.cc.libc
  • pkgsCross.raspberryPi.stdenv.cc.libc
  • powernv cross bootstrapTools
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glibc: fix cross-compile to ppc64le
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Fixes cross-compilation when build == host != target == ppc64le.
Glibc invokes objcopy during cross-compilation to ppc64le, which
fails when the nonprefixed objcopy can't understand the target format.
@veprbl veprbl added the 6.topic: cross-compilation Building packages on a different platform than they will be used on label Nov 24, 2020
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veprbl commented Nov 24, 2020

@GrahamcOfBorg eval

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r-burns commented Nov 24, 2020

I can't reproduce ofborg's failure locally - the eval-package-list-no-aliases command runs fine for me 🤷

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r-burns commented Nov 24, 2020

@ofborg eval

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Mic92 commented Nov 24, 2020

That eval error is likely due to something else.

@Mic92 Mic92 merged commit 9f74d3b into NixOS:staging Nov 24, 2020
@ofborg ofborg bot added the 10.rebuild-linux-stdenv This PR causes stdenv to rebuild label Nov 24, 2020
@ofborg ofborg bot requested review from edolstra and Ma27 November 24, 2020 08:29
@r-burns r-burns deleted the ppc64le-glibc-cross branch January 5, 2021 09:15
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