RE: Seg fault when compiled with -mabi=64 and -lpthread

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Bryan Althouse wrote:

> Looks like I should upgrade glibc, and possibly gcc.  When you say that I
> should try CVS HEAD of glibc, I'm not sure what you mean.  I have looked in
> the linux-mips.org CVS and the closest thing I can find is libc, and it
> looks really old.  I have also found a glibc CVS at
> :pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/glibc.  If I get libc from here is
> this the "CVS HEAD"?  

 Yes, just pull the tree without any tags.

> Should I get GCC from the generic GCC site, or should get it from the
> linux-mips CVS?  

 The latest GCC 3.4.x should probably be OK, but if you want 4.x, then 
just get the latest release from (your closest mirror of) ftp.gnu.org -- 
if you don't rush, that may be 4.0.1.

> I apologize for the simple questions.  I have not built a tool chain before.
> I've been using the one supplied by PMC-Sierra.  Will I need to patch any of
> these sources for MIPs?

 It depends on whether you trigger any bugs.

  Maciej