Hello,
        I have a problem building gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf toolchain for my x86_64 system. I download crosstool-ng (v1.13) and toolchain source code (4.8-2014.03) from http://releases.linaro.org/14.03/components/toolchain/binaries. I use the example configuration linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf  (obtained from ct-ng list-samples) and modify some entries using menuconfig option, like the local tarballs directory (pointing to downloaded toolchains source code directory) and the prefix directory (custom directory output).

This is the problem during the execution of "ct-ng build" command:
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[INFO ]  Installing final compiler
[EXTRA]    Configuring final compiler
[EXTRA]    Building final compiler
[EXTRA]    AFMOYA: EMPIEZA A EJECUTARSE make jobsflags all
[EXTRA]     -j5
[EXTRA]    /home/afmoya/Descargas/build/.build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/build-cc
[ERROR]    configure: error: Link tests are not allowed after GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES.
[ERROR]    make[2]: *** [configure-zlib] Error 1
[ERROR]    make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
[ERROR]    
[ERROR]    >>
[ERROR]    >>  Error happened in: main[scripts/crosstool-NG.sh]
[ERROR]    >>
[ERROR]    >>  For more info on this error, look at the file: 'build.log'
[ERROR]    >>  There is a list of known issues, some with workarounds, in:
[ERROR]    >>      '/opt/cross-linaro/share/doc/ct-ng-linaro-1.13.1-4.8-2014.03/B - Known issues.txt'
[ERROR]    
[ERROR]    Build failed in step 'Extracting and patching toolchain components'
[ERROR]    
[ERROR]    (elapsed: 11:18.57)
make: *** [build] Error 2

Highlighted in green some entries added for me in attemp to understand the execution secuence.

The error is triggered in the "configure-zlib" target of "${CT_TOP_DIR}/.build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/build-cc/Makefile". The "configure.log" of the "${CT_TOP_DIR}/.build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/build-cc/zlib/" directory shows some errors (I don't know if the are significants):

LINE 83: Thread model: posix
LINE 84: gcc version 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-5) 
LINE 85: configure:3234: $? = 0
LINE 86: configure:3223: x86_64-build_unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -V >&5
LINE 87: gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
LINE 88: gcc: fatal error: no input files
LINE 89: compilation terminated.
LINE 90: configure:3234: $? = 4
LINE 91: configure:3223: x86_64-build_unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -qversion >&5
LINE 92: gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion'
LINE 93: gcc: fatal error: no input files
LINE 94: compilation terminated.
...
LINE 188: configure:6661: x86_64-build_unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -E  conftest.c
LINE 189: conftest.c:11:28: fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory
LINE 190: compilation terminated.
...
LINE 207: configure:6720: x86_64-build_unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -E  conftest.c
LINE 208: conftest.c:11:28: fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory
LINE 209: compilation terminated.
...
LINE 318: configure:10852: x86_64-build_unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -E  conftest.c
LINE 319: conftest.c:23:28: fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory
LINE 320: compilation terminated.

    Some idea of what's the problem?

    

    This is my system info:

    Linux afmoya-pc 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.57-3 x86_64
    GNU/Linux

    

    and some tools version installed in my system:

    gcc (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2

    GNU Make 3.81

    GNU Awk 4.0.1

    ...

    

    Best regards:

                            Alexis Fajardo Moya.