linux cross compiler not working across debian versions

Question

A cross compiler which ran without issues on Linux 2.6.26-2-686 i686 now doesn't work on Linux 4.19.0-13-amd64 x86_64

The installation directory lists the files and also 'hidden' files starting with dot.

schoutem@DHU007:~/x-tools/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin$ ll
total 37352
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem   666783 2010-09-21 17:43 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2line
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2line
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem     1022 2010-09-21 19:31 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2name.awk
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2name.awk
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem   696445 2010-09-21 17:43 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ar
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ar
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem  1159523 2010-09-21 17:43 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-as
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-as
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem   259750 2010-09-21 19:30 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++
lrwxrwxrwx  1 schoutem schoutem       25 2011-06-07 16:04 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-cc -> arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem   665484 2010-09-21 17:43 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++filt
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++filt
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem   258018 2010-09-21 19:30 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-cpp
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-cpp
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem     2771 2010-09-21 17:39 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ct-ng.config
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ct-ng.config
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem   259750 2010-09-21 19:30 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-g++
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-g++
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem   256131 2010-09-21 19:30 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 2010-09-21 19:55 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc

In the new installation; the files starting with dot are hidden; and are not found by the system when invoking the compiler.

root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin# ll
total 124
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2line
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2name.awk
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ar
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-as
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++
lrwxrwxrwx  1 schoutem schoutem  25 Jun  7  2011 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-cc -> arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++filt
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-cpp
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ct-ng.config
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-g++
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc-4.3.2
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gccbug
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcj
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcov
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gdb
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gdbtui
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gfortran
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gprof
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-jcf-dump
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ld
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-nm
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-objcopy
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-objdump
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-populate
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ranlib
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-readelf
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-run
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-size
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-sstrip
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-strings
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem 395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-strip
root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin#
root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin#
root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin#
root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin# arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc --version
/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc: 15: exec: /opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin/.arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc: not found
root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin#
root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin#
root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin# ll -A
total 37228
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem   666783 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2line
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2line
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem     1022 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2name.awk
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-addr2name.awk
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem   696445 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ar
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ar
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem  1159523 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-as
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-as
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem   259750 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++
lrwxrwxrwx  1 schoutem schoutem       25 Jun  7  2011 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-cc -> arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem   665484 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++filt
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-c++filt
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem   258018 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-cpp
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-cpp
-r-xr-xr-x  1 schoutem schoutem     2771 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ct-ng.config
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-ct-ng.config
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem   259750 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-g++
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-g++
-r-xr-xr-x  2 schoutem schoutem   256131 Sep 21  2010 .arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc
-r-xr-xr-x 31 schoutem schoutem      395 Sep 21  2010 arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc

The compiler itself is a script calling the hidden file :

root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin# cat arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc
#!/bin/sh

canonicalizedname=$(readlink -nm "${0}")
dirname="$(dirname "${canonicalizedname}")"
basename="$(basename "${canonicalizedname}")"

ld_lib_path="$(dirname "${dirname}")/lib"

case ":${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:" in
    *":${ld_lib_path}:"*)   ;;
    *)  LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${ld_lib_path}${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}";;
esac

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
exec "${dirname}/.${basename}" "$@"
root@shu006:/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin#

How can I get my cross compiler working again on the new installation?

thanks,

Very strange. The file is there. Whether or not it is hidden does not matter (by definition, the dot files were hidden before too. The old installation probably just used a different `ll` alias that already included the `-a` or `-A` flag). What happens if you run `/opt/arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi/bin/.arm-hc2-linux-gnueabi-gcc` directly from your shell? — Socowi, Jul 26 '21 at 14:28
Anyways, you might want to ask this on https://unix.stackexchange.com/. Also, [this question](https://superuser.com/q/312079/652023) seems somewhat similar. Especially, [this answer](https://superuser.com/a/313958/652023) makes sense, since you switched from i686 (32 bit) to x86_64 (64 bit). — Socowi, Jul 26 '21 at 14:36

linux cross compiler not working across debian versions

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