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

↓ Binutils / GCC →	4.8.0	4.7.2	4.7.1	4.7.0	4.6.3	4.6.2	4.6.1	4.6.0	4.5.2	4.5.1	4.5.0
2.23.2	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.23.1	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.23	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
2.22	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

↓ Binutils / 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
2.23.2	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.23.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.23	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.22	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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	?	?	?

↓ Binutils / 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
2.23.2	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.23.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.23	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.22	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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.

↓ Binutils / GCC →	3.4.6	3.4.5	3.4.4	3.4.3
2.23.2	?	?	?	?
2.23.1	?	?	?	?
2.23	?	?	?	?
2.22	?	?	?	?
2.21.1(a)	?	?	?	?
2.21	?	?	?	?
2.20.1	?	?	?	?
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

↓ Binutils / 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
2.23.2	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.23.1	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.23	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2.22	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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.