perl compile in section 6

[Matt Darcy]

Justin wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I have recently restarted this project (yesterday) and originally I was 
> using CLFS x86_64 20051212 book. This worked fine upto  section 10 for 
> me. When I restarted I used 20051220 and noticed that perl and texinfo 
> have moved from section 9 to section 6. When I got to these programs I 
> found I was unable to compile perl as when I typed in
> 
> ./configure.gnu --prefix=/tools -Dstatic_ext='Data/Dumper IO Fcntl POSIX'
> 
> it used the x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc and not my /usr/bin/gcc program. 
> When it got to run the ./try program it says 'cannot run executable 
> binary' and I am assuming this is because its a 64bit file but I have 
> not yet booted into the new system. if i preceed the ./configure with 
> CC="/usr/bin/gcc" it works fine. I also noticed that /cross-tools comes 
> before /usr/bin in my PATH which I would assume is making the 
> /cross-tools compiler the one which is being called when perl is 
> attempting to compile.
> 
> Anyway, is it safe (or even correct) to compile with /usr/bin/gcc for 
> this section. Basically is it a glitch in the book or me! :)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Justin Whelan


You won't be able to execute the 64bit binary on the 32bit host.

the reason /cross-tools is first is because "gcc" doesn't actually live 
in /cross-tools, so if you type gcc - it will not be able to pickup gcc 
from /cross-tools as it doesn't exist in this form at this time.

Matt