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This file is generated during kernel_configme task.
This error does not cause kernel_configme to abort,
but later do_configure does die
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snippet from workdir: linux/.meta/cfg/standard/x64/merge_log.txt
Using .meta/cfg/files/defconfig.sanitized as base
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
/ssd/perf/ThirdPartyExports/NIOpenEmbedded/trunk/3.0/objects/x64/linuxU/x64/gcc-4.7-oe/release/build/tmp-eglibc/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/libexec/core2-64-nilrt-linux/gcc/x86_64-nilrt-linux/4.8.2/ld: cannot find crtbegin.o: No such file or directory
/ssd/perf/ThirdPartyExports/NIOpenEmbedded/trunk/3.0/objects/x64/linuxU/x64/gcc-4.7-oe/release/build/tmp-eglibc/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/libexec/core2-64-nilrt-linux/gcc/x86_64-nilrt-linux/4.8.2/ld: cannot find -lgcc
/ssd/perf/ThirdPartyExports/NIOpenEmbedded/trunk/3.0/objects/x64/linuxU/x64/gcc-4.7-oe/release/build/tmp-eglibc/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/libexec/core2-64-nilrt-linux/gcc/x86_64-nilrt-linux/4.8.2/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [scripts/basic/x86_64-nilrt-linux-fixdep] Error 1
make[1]: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2

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Random details
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When in a broken state, I see these copies of crtbegin.o:
./sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib/core2-64-nilrt-linux.gcc-cross-initial/gcc/x86_64-nilrt-linux/4.8.2/crtbegin.o
./sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/include/gcc-build-internal-core2-64-nilrt-linux/x86_64-nilrt-linux/libgcc/crtbegin.o
./sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/include/gcc-build-internal-core2-64-nilrt-linux/gcc/crtbegin.o

I run 'bitbake gcc', and a new instance of crtbegin.o is added:
./sysroots/x64/usr/lib/x86_64-nilrt-linux/4.8.2/crtbegin.o

Now, running the following gets things back on track:
bitbake linux-yocto-custom -f -c kernel_configme
bitbake linux-yocto-custom

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Example of failing recipe
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inherit kernel
require recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc

SRC_URI = "git://git.amer.corp.natinst.com/linux.git;protocol=git;nocheckout=1;branch=nilrt/15.0/3.10;name=machine"

LINUX_VERSION ?= "3.10"
LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-nilrt"

FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
SRC_URI += "file://defconfig"

SRCREV_machine="${AUTOREV}"
PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"

COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "x64|xilinx-zynq"