D on the Raspberry Pi

[Sönke Ludwig]

Am 03.07.2012 19:30, schrieb Johannes Pfau:
> Am Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:57:39 +0200
> schrieb "Sönke Ludwig" <sludwig at outerproduct.org>:
>
>> On Tuesday, 12 June 2012 at 13:06:05 UTC, Henry Robbins Gouk
>> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone has managed to successfully compile a
>>> GDC cross compiler to target the Raspberry Pi?
>>>
>>> I tried following the instructions found at
>>> http://bitbucket.org/goshawk/gdc/wiki/crosstool-ng but when I
>>> try the "ct-ng build" command I get the following output:
>>>
>>> [INFO ]  Performing some trivial sanity checks
>>> [INFO ]  Build started 20120613.010123
>>> [INFO ]  Building environment variables
>>> [ERROR]  Static linking impossible on the host system
>>> 'x86_64-build_unknown-linux-gnu'
>>> [00:02] / make: *** [build] Error 1
>>>
>>> Should I continue along the path of using crosstools to make a
>>> cross compiler, and if so; how? Or is there a better way to
>>> achieve my end goal of having a cross compiler targeting the
>>> Raspberry Pi?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help :-)
>>
>> I tried to build it as a cross compiler and on the raspberry
>> directly - and faild at both. On the raspberry I got a compiler
>> crash, and the cross compiler build process produced random
>> errors - it seems to be very fragile in terms of library versions
>> and such.
>>
>> ...so I would also be very interested in any sucess stories.
>
> Sorry, probably a stupid question, but could the build on the PI have
> died because of too little ram?
>
> Anyway, building a compiler on the raspberry pi worked for me, although
> it took a long time to build. I created a new wiki page with build
> instructions:
> https://bitbucket.org/goshawk/gdc/wiki/Raspberry%20Pi
>

Out of memory was the first problem if I remember right, which I fixed 
by enabling swap, but all the following errors were something different. 
Your instructions look a lot like what I've tried last, apart from some 
command switches. I will try again with those.