simplified patch based on http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/plain/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils/0009-warn-for-uses-of-system-directories-when-cross-linki.patch just detect and skip system directories if used by mistake linker output in case of using /usr/lib path: /data/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.0-devel/toolchain/lib/gcc/x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu/6.2.0/../../../../x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu/bin/ld: warning: library search path "/usr/lib" is unsafe for cross-compilation, ignore it From 7ab8e318659eb5d9adc758c78d084a95560b93fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Khem Raj Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 06:31:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 09/13] warn for uses of system directories when cross linking --- a/ld/ldfile.c +++ b/ld/ldfile.c @@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ ldfile_add_library_path (const char *nam if (!cmdline && config.only_cmd_line_lib_dirs) return; + /* skip those directories when linking */ + if ((!strncmp (name, "/lib", 4)) || + (!strncmp (name, "/usr/lib", 8)) || + (!strncmp (name, "/usr/local/lib", 14)) || + (!strncmp (name, "/usr/X11R6/lib", 14))) + { + einfo (_("%P: warning: library search path \"%s\" is unsafe for " + "cross-compilation, ignore it\n"), name); + return; + } + new_dirs = (search_dirs_type *) xmalloc (sizeof (search_dirs_type)); new_dirs->next = NULL; new_dirs->cmdline = cmdline;