clifford & fake:

package/base/gcc/gcc.conf

@@ -472,6 +472,21 @@ gcc_cross() {
 		for x in ld-linux{,-$arch_machine}.so.2 ld.so.1 libc.so.{6,6.1}
 		do ln -fvs $root/../../lib/$x $x ; done
 
+		# glibc uses -lgcc_s with --as-needed, which fails if libgcc_s.{so,a}
+		# is not even there.  -- clifford & fake
+		#
+		# the shared object is not really needed.
+		#if [ ! -e $root/$prefix/lib/${gcc_lib_dir}/libgcc_s.so ]; then
+		#	${pkg_gcc_target}-gcc -shared -nostdlib \
+		#		-o $root/$prefix/lib/${gcc_lib_dir}/libgcc_s.so -x c /dev/null
+		#fi
+		if [ ! -e $root/$prefix/lib/${gcc_lib_dir}/libgcc_s.a ]; then
+			${pkg_gcc_target}-gcc -x c /dev/null -c -o null.o
+			${pkg_gcc_target}-ar q null.a null.o; rm -f null.o
+			${pkg_gcc_target}-ranlib null.a
+			mv null.a $root/$prefix/lib/${gcc_lib_dir}/libgcc_s.a
+		fi
+
 		rm -f $root/$prefix/.lastupdate
 	fi