u-boot-tools fails to cross-compile

[Jacob Godserv]

[environment]
$ROOT: /usr/armv7a-softfloat-linux-gnueabi
$SYSROOT: /usr/armv7a-softfloat-linux-gnueabi
$PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT: /usr/armv7a-softfloat-linux-gnueabi
$CBUILD: i686-pc-linux-gnu

[software]
cross-armv7a-softfloat-linux-gnueabi/binutils-2.18-r3
cross-armv7a-softfloat-linux-gnueabi/gcc-4.3.2-r1
cross-armv7a-softfloat-linux-gnueabi/glibc-2.6.1
cross-armv7a-softfloat-linux-gnueabi/linux-headers-2.6.23-r3

[error]
arm-linux-gcc cannot be found (or something similar ;)

[discussion]
u-boot-tools does not obey the environment variables given, and instead uses a static value of "arm-linux-gcc" as its compiler.

[Jacob Godserv (fun2program8)]

I need someone else to confirm this bug by attempting to compile u-boot-tools using the latest instructions from docs/base-software-install.txt.

[Viridior (jacobgalbreath)]

I'm willing to bet this is a problem that I've seen before with crossdev assigning the wrong toolchain. I usually start by checking gcc-config, binutils-config, and then source /etc/profile, etc.

[Viridior (jacobgalbreath)]

This is a problem with the Makefile/cross-emerge... defaults to 'arm-linux-gnu' as toolchain if CROSS_COMPILE is not set, which it should be... workaround would be either making a 'arm-linux-gnu' pointer to reference a real toolchain or patch u-boot-tools makefile to work correctly.

[Jacob Godserv (fun2program8)]

Yep, I'm going to work on the fix this week. Thanks for confirming!

[Jacob Godserv (fun2program8)]

Viridior, I'd like to continue to patch bugs, but I don't want to do it unless we need it. I'm going to mark this bug as Won't Fix until further notice.