On 10/16/18 8:08 PM, Tobias Platen wrote: > Hello, > > When I try to compile GUIX for POWER9 an old version of GCC is used. > How do I use the gcc version used for cross compiling. > > ./pre-inst-env guix build --target=powerpc64le-linux hello > > checking if powerpc64le-linux-gcc supports > binary128 floating point type... no > checking if the target machine is at least POWER8... yes > > configure: error: *** > binary128 floating point type (GCC >= 6.2) is required on powerpc64le. > > Tobias "Tomoko" Platen >
Note that Marius Bakke started a branch to update guix to gcc7: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/log/?h=wip-gcc7 This could be maybe a good starting point. The bug number is: bug#32953
