Details on this package are located in Section 10.8.5, “Contents of EGLIBC.”
The EGLIBC package contains the main C library. This library provides the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching, arithmetic, and so on.
It should be noted that compiling EGLIBC in any way other than the method suggested in this book puts the stability of the system at risk.
Disable linking to libgcc_eh:
cp -v Makeconfig{,.orig}
sed -e 's/-lgcc_eh//g' Makeconfig.orig > Makeconfig
The EGLIBC documentation recommends building EGLIBC outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:
mkdir -v ../eglibc-build cd ../eglibc-build
The following lines need to be added to config.cache for EGLIBC to support NPTL:
cat > config.cache << "EOF" libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes libc_cv_gnu89_inline=yes libc_cv_ssp=no EOF
Prepare EGLIBC for compilation:
BUILD_CC="gcc" CC="${CLFS_TARGET}-gcc ${BUILD32}" \
AR="${CLFS_TARGET}-ar" RANLIB="${CLFS_TARGET}-ranlib" \
../eglibc-2.13/configure --prefix=/tools \
--host=${CLFS_TARGET32} --build=${CLFS_HOST} \
--disable-profile --enable-add-ons \
--with-tls --enable-kernel=2.6.0 --with-__thread \
--with-binutils=/cross-tools/bin --with-headers=/tools/include \
--cache-file=config.cache
The meaning of the new configure options:
AR="${CLFS_TARGET}-ar"
This forces EGLIBC to use the ar utility we made for our target architecture.
RANLIB="${CLFS_TARGET}-ranlib"
This forces EGLIBC to use the ranlib utility we made for our target architecture.
--disable-profile
This builds the libraries without profiling information. Omit this option if profiling on the temporary tools is necessary.
--enable-add-ons
This tells EGLIBC to utilize all add-ons that are available.
--with-tls
This tells EGLIBC to use Thread Local Storage.
--enable-kernel=2.6.0
This tells EGLIBC to compile the library with support for 2.6.x Linux kernels.
--with-__thread
This tells EGLIBC to use use the __thread for libc and libpthread builds.
--with-binutils=/cross-tools/bin
This tells EGLIBC to use the Binutils that are specific to our target architecture.
During this stage the following warning might appear:
configure: WARNING: *** These auxiliary programs are missing or *** incompatible versions: msgfmt *** some features will be disabled. *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.
The missing or incompatible msgfmt program is generally harmless. This msgfmt program is part of the Gettext package which the host distribution should provide.
Compile the package:
make
Install the package:
make install
Details on this package are located in Section 10.8.5, “Contents of EGLIBC.”