Cross-Compiler Successful Builds

Introduction

This page is a summary of successful builds of a GCC Cross-Compiler by members of OSDev.org. The numbers refer to the versions being built, not the host compiler doing the build.

GCC Version 4.x.x

	GCC 4.7.0	4.6.3	4.6.2	4.6.1	4.6.0	4.5.2	4.5.1	4.5.0
Binutils 2.22	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Binutils 2.21.1(a)	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
2.21	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
2.20.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
2.20	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?
2.19.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.19	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?
2.18	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.17	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.16.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.16	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

	GCC 4.4.3	4.4.2	4.4.1	4.4.0	4.3.3	4.3.2	4.3.1	4.3.0
Binutils 2.22	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Binutils 2.21.1(a)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.21	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.20.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.20	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.19.1	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
2.19	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
2.18	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
2.17	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.16.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.16	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?

	GCC 4.2.4	4.2.3	4.2.1	4.2.0	4.1.2	4.1.1	4.0.3	4.0.2	4.0.1	4.0.0
Binutils 2.21.1(a)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.21	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.20.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.20	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes
2.19.1	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.19	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes
2.18	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.17	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
2.16.1	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
2.16	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

• If you plan to use GCC 4.3.0 or a later version, you will also have to install the following (using your system's package management):
  • GNU GMP (libgmp-devel on Cygwin, libgmp3-dev on apt-based systems, dev-libs/gmp on Gentoo)
    • Tutorial covering MSYS and MinGW builds of GMP
  • GNU MPFR (libmpfr-devel on Cygwin, libmpfr-dev on apt-based systems, dev-libs/mpfr on Gentoo)

• If you plan to use GCC 4.5.0 or a later version, you will also have to install the following (using your system's package management):
  • MPC (libmpc-devel on Cygwin, libmpc-dev on apt-based systems, dev-libs/mpc on Gentoo)
• If you plan to use GCC 4.5.0 or a later version, and you would like to build libstdc++, you need to compile with a 4.5.x series compiler. Depending on your configuration, you may also need the --disable-libstdcxx-pch configure option.

GCC Version 3.x.x

If for some reason, you need a GCC 3 build, these combinations have been tested. Note that if your code does not work with GCC 4, you usually have bigger problems.

	GCC 3.4.6	3.4.5	3.4.4	3.4.3
Binutils 2.20	?	?	?	?
2.19.1	Yes	?	?	?
2.19	?	?	?	Yes
2.18	Yes	?	Yes	?
2.17	Yes	?	Yes	?
2.16.1	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
2.16	?	Yes	Yes	Yes

There have been successful builds with older versions, but many have (serious) problems as well. Mention of their specifics has been removed to keep this page short; please use up-to-date software.

GCC on Mac OS

	GCC 4.6.2	4.6.1	4.5.2	4.5.1	4.5.0	4.4.2	4.4.0	4.2.4
Binutils 2.21.1(a)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.21	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
2.20.1	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
2.20	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
2.19.1	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?
2.18	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes

When compiling GCC 4.3 or higher on OS X 10.4 and 10.5, you may get unresolved symbol errors related to libiconv. This is because the version shipped with OS X is seriously out of date. Install a new version (compile it yourself or use macports) and add --with-libiconv-prefix=/opt/local (or /usr/local if you compiled it yourself) to GCC's ./configure line. Alternatively you may place the libiconv source in gcc-x.y.z/libiconv and it will be compiled as part of the GCC compilation process. (This trick also works for mpfr and gmp).

See Also

Articles

• GCC Cross-Compiler - the tutorial that the configuration tables relate to.