[Bug binutils/25803] New: cross compilation of glibc using mips64el-none-linux-gnu as the host

[broly at mac dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25803

            Bug ID: 25803
           Summary: cross compilation of glibc using
                    mips64el-none-linux-gnu as the host
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.35 (HEAD)
               URL: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22302
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P1
         Component: binutils
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: broly at mac dot com
  Target Milestone: ---
              Host: mips64el-*-linux-*
            Target: mips64el-*-linux-*
             Build: seemingly all amd64

hi,

please see bug https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22302 22302
here. this is an important issue that needs to be fixed.

it has to do with compiling glibc using the mips64el as a host, to target (in
my case) mipsel-none-linux-gnu and/or mips64el-linux-gnuabi.

this issue has been present for a few years, and i would appreciate it be
resolved before gcc 10 is released. 

i am tired of having to set glibc's configure to 'mips64el-none-linux-gnu' when
these libraries are being hosted on 'mipsel-none-linux-gnu' platforms. the only
reason this works is because of the great interoperability between the 32 bit
and 64 bit modes of mips, but it creates a nuisance when using other software
that are linked against a glibc with target 'mipsel-none-linux-gnu' as the
target mismatch in the header requires the latter libraries to also be
downloaded even though they have roughly the same file size.

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