[Bug binutils/20464] hppa-linux-gnu-ranlib: libcpp.a: File format not recognized

[nickc at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20464

--- Comment #14 from Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to dave.anglin from comment #13)

Hi Dave,

> Still the question remains as to why a 64-bit was created for 
> hppa-linux-gnu.  There were various
> mips64 targets in the --enable-targets list in the multiarch build.

That is indeed the case.  The change came about because of the patch for PR
14625:

  https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14625

You could add "--enable-64-bit-archive=no" to the Debian multi-arch command
line, and this should fix the gcc build problem.  But it does mean that when
you are using the multi-arch binutils to access MIPS and s390 archives you may
run into a compatibility problem.

Alternatively you could configure the non multi-arch Debian binutils with
"--enable-64-bit-archive=yes" and then all of your supported targets will be
using 64-bit archives and everyone should be happy.  Well apart from people who
care about disk usage of course.

Cheers
  Nick

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