i686 cross compiler, GCC can't find liblto_plugin.so

[SamTebbs33]

I was following the cross compiler tutorial, but stopped halfway when I wasn't able to make binutils without getting massive amounts of errors that I am unable to solve. I then downloaded the first toolchain for OS X at the bottom of the page, and decided to use the cross compiler in there for compiling my kernel. However, when I run the new version of GCC (found within the folders of the tool chain) I get the following error:

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gcc: fatal error: -fuse-linker-plugin, but liblto_plugin.so not found
compilation terminated.

This happens, even though I have added the folder where the liblto_plugin.so can be found to my PATH and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I have the toolchain and kernel source et.c within my Documents folder on my HDD.

How would I go about solving this problem?

[teenHack42]

Hey Sam,
I had the same problem about a year ago and after much research and hair pulling I found a gcc flag that you append to your compilation.

my list of flags are

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CFLAGS=-nostdlib -ffreestanding -nostdinc -g -fno-builtin

I believe it was either the -nostdlib flag or the -fnobuiltin flag that fixed the problem.

I hope I have been of help.

teenHack42

[jnc100]

-fno-use-linker-plugin is the official flag to use. I still don't understand why some cross compilers insist on trying to use it though (I think it relates to the gcc version).

Regards,
John.