I am trying to compile glibc 2.15 from source. I followed all the steps in gnu link. The configuration was success but when I try to make I am getting this peculiar which is terminating the compilation. I tried searching for the error but there was no mention of it on the web.
I am doing this on 64bit Ubuntu 12.10.
The error message is
'wctomb.c:59:1: error
__EI_wctomb' aliased to external symbol '__GI_wctomb'
make[2]: *** [/var/services/homes/abhi/ld/glibc-build/stdlib/wctomb.os] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/services/homes/abhi/ld/glibc-2.15/stdlib'
make[1]: *** [stdlib/subdir_lib] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/services/homes/abhi/ld/glibc-2.15'
make: *** [all] Error 2`
How do I solve this error. Any pointers or suggestions will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
There is a reported bug with GCC 4.7 on Debian distro bug because of which this and other variants of this bug occurs(another is with math library).
-> Work around was to download and install GCC 4.8 (this can only be done by building from source on 12.10 Quantal currently) and then using that to build glibc.