From 094b55919af9389ee746433e95d0c133bb2a6524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danny <dannyhasl1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:41:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added Debug

---
 toolchain/scripts/024-chroot-essentials.sh | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/toolchain/scripts/024-chroot-essentials.sh b/toolchain/scripts/024-chroot-essentials.sh
index 018ebce..b30c6bc 100755
--- a/toolchain/scripts/024-chroot-essentials.sh
+++ b/toolchain/scripts/024-chroot-essentials.sh
@@ -69,5 +69,54 @@ install -o root -g root -m 664 /dev/null /var/log/faillog
 install -o root -g utmp -m 664 /dev/null /var/log/wtmp
 
 echo "=== Essential files and symlinks created ==="
+echo ""
+
+# --- Verify compiler works inside chroot --------------------------------------
+echo ">>> Verifying gcc works inside chroot..."
+echo ""
+
+# Show where gcc is
+echo "  which gcc: $(which gcc 2>&1 || echo 'NOT FOUND')"
+echo "  which cc:  $(which cc 2>&1 || echo 'NOT FOUND')"
+echo "  which ld:  $(which ld 2>&1 || echo 'NOT FOUND')"
+echo ""
+
+# Check for the dynamic linker
+if [ -e /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 ]; then
+    echo "  /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2: EXISTS"
+    ls -la /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
+else
+    echo "  WARNING: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 NOT FOUND"
+    echo "  Checking /usr/lib..."
+    ls -la /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 2>/dev/null || echo "  /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 NOT FOUND"
+    echo "  Contents of /lib64/:"
+    ls -la /lib64/ 2>/dev/null || echo "  /lib64 does not exist"
+fi
+echo ""
+
+# Check for crt files
+echo "  crt1.o: $(find /usr/lib -name crt1.o 2>/dev/null || echo 'NOT FOUND')"
+echo "  crti.o: $(find /usr/lib -name crti.o 2>/dev/null || echo 'NOT FOUND')"
+echo ""
+
+# Try to compile a test program
+echo "  Testing: echo 'int main(){}' | gcc -x c - -o /tmp/test-gcc"
+if echo 'int main(){}' | gcc -x c - -o /tmp/test-gcc 2>/tmp/gcc-test-error.log; then
+    echo "  PASS: gcc can create executables"
+    rm -f /tmp/test-gcc
+else
+    echo "  FAIL: gcc cannot create executables!"
+    echo "  Error output:"
+    cat /tmp/gcc-test-error.log
+    echo ""
+    echo "  Trying with verbose output:"
+    echo 'int main(){}' | gcc -v -x c - -o /tmp/test-gcc 2>&1 | tail -30
+    echo ""
+    echo "  gcc search dirs:"
+    gcc -print-search-dirs 2>&1 | head -10
+    exit 1
+fi
+rm -f /tmp/gcc-test-error.log
+
 echo ""
 echo "Next: Run the chroot build scripts (025-xxx) to build additional tools."