Upgrading gcc in scratchbox
 

Is there a way to upgrade the current gcc version, which is 4.2.1 at the moment, to say at least 4.3 in scratchbox?

Re: Upgrading gcc in scratchbox
 

Maybe I haven't been clear enough. I'm trying to build qemu-0.12.2 under scratchbox for target FREMANTLE_ARMEL, but it keeps failing to link because of the undefined reference to __builtin___clear_cache. This function is available in gcc starting from version 4.3.3.

Re: Upgrading gcc in scratchbox
 

Hi,

Sorry, but there is no official support for an upgraded or other compiler for the Fremantle SDK.

Cheers Daniel

Re: Upgrading gcc in scratchbox
 

Is there anything special about the GCC in the SDK? could you not just install the Debian ARM GCC and use that?

Edit: Hmm, just apt-get installed gcc-4.3 in my scratchbox session, it seemed to install ok (after adding some updated libc stuff) but it fails to run:

I'm guessing that when scratchbox calls gcc it runs it through a wrapper script or something.

Re: Upgrading gcc in scratchbox
 

Exactly. It uses some sort of wrapper to call the gcc.
http://www.scratchbox.org/documentat...ain.html#AEN59
But, it also states that a user should be able to use a foreign toolchain, as stated here:
http://www.scratchbox.org/wiki/ForeignToolchains
I shall try this as soon as I get back home.