Hey
I am working on Linux From Scratch 6.0
I tried compiling glibc 2.3.4-20040701 (the version used in the book), and version 2.3.3 but both return the following error after typing 'make' :

a - login/updwtmpx.os
a - login/getutmpx.os
a - login/getutmp.os
a - elf/dl-open.os
a - elf/dl-close.os
a - elf/dl-iteratephdr.os
a - elf/dl-addr.os
a - elf/dl-profstub.os
a - elf/dl-libc.os
a - elf/dl-sym.os
a - elf/dl-tsd.os
a - elf/unwind-dw2-fde-glibc.os
a - elf/framestate.os
: /LFS/sources/glibc-build/libc_pic.a
gcc -B/tools/bin/ -nostdlib -nostartfiles -r -o /LFS/sources/glibc-build/elf/librtld.map.o '-Wl,-(' /LFS/sources/glibc-build/elf/dl-allobjs.os /LFS/sources/glibc-build/libc_pic.a -lgcc '-Wl,-)' -Wl,-Map,/LFS/sources/glibc-build/elf/librtld.mapT
/tools/bin/ld: errno: TLS definition in /LFS/sources/glibc-build/libc_pic.a(errno.os) section .tbss mismatches non-TLS reference in /LFS/sources/glibc-build/elf/dl-allobjs.os
/LFS/sources/glibc-build/libc_pic.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [/LFS/sources/glibc-build/elf/librtld.map] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/LFS/sources/glibc-2.3.3/elf'
make[1]: *** [elf/subdir_lib] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/LFS/sources/glibc-2.3.3'
make: *** [all] Error 2
[root@localhost glibc-build]#


LFS is mounted at '/LFS' ,
glibc is being built in 'glibc-build',
LFS binutils compiled = 2.15.94.0.1...
Host operating system = mandrake 10.0 (2.6.3-7mdk)

I looked around on their FAQ's and used their search engine but couldn't find anything. I then tried google and found the following page:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-al.../msg00016.html
It says the patch should fix it but i'm not sure how to use it. My best guess to how to fix this would be a patch. There are also a few glibc and binutils patches on the LFS site but i'm not sure which ones i should use.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Did you follow the binutils build directions exactly as specified in the book (same options and everything)? It looks like ld is not handling your libraries correctly. my experience with LFS (4.1 I think it was) are that subtle changes in the build process to other than what the book suggests can cause breakage down the road. I had this problem, and usually re-building the package depnded on fixed it.

Edited to add: You might get better responses if you ask a mod to move this to the Linux From Scratch forum.

Here is the list of commands i used when compiling binutils:

mkdir ../binutils-build
cd ../binutils-build
../binutils-2.15.94.0.1/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls
make configure-host
make LDFLAGS="-all-static"
make install
make -C ld clean
make -C ld LDFLAGS="-all-static" LIB_PATH=/tools/lib

i did not get any errors or warning. do you suggest i download the exact version of binutils as used in the book (2.15.91.0.2)?
i will try recompiling everything again as i did above.

-i didnt even know there was as LFS section on this but next time i'll post there instead..

I've had strange problems when building LFS5.1.1 specification while "attempting" to use binutils-2.15.*, Try using binutils-2.14 and see what happens.

Also, make sure to have set +h in your lfs users .bashrc file.
Without that, the system won't use the /tools version of binutils..which could cause this problem