Binutils-2.17 from glibc-2.6 based host = no go

[Jeremy Huntwork]

Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> Then the main system will be 32-bit, but there will be a 64-bit kernel
> and enough 64-bit libraries to run simple 64-bit applications. And the
> compiler accepts the "-m64" switch, so that you can even compile them.

Thanks, I was wondering if you did something different. I also 
apologize, because I seemed to have missed part of the point you were 
making in the original thread - ie, that this may be a problem building 
x86_64 from a system with glibc-2.6.

I'll have to look into that more.

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JH