Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH is a really bad idea when cross compiling. Simplest way to disable this is to rename the variable as per the patch below, then its harmless. This is a hack. RP 10/6/2010 Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [Other] Hacky workaround not likely to be accepted upstream. Signed-off-by: Scott Garman Index: source/config/Makefile.inc.in =================================================================== --- source.orig/config/Makefile.inc.in 2010-06-10 21:49:19.000000000 +0100 +++ source/config/Makefile.inc.in 2010-06-10 21:49:46.000000000 +0100 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ ################################################################## # Environment variable to set a runtime search path # (Overridden when necessary in -mh files) -LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH +LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH2 # Versioned target for a shared library FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) Index: source/icudefs.mk.in =================================================================== --- source.orig/icudefs.mk.in 2010-06-10 21:51:03.000000000 +0100 +++ source/icudefs.mk.in 2010-06-10 21:51:09.000000000 +0100 @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ SHLIB.cc= $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared # Environment variable to set a runtime search path -LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH +LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH2 # Versioned target for a shared library. FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) Index: source/tools/genrb/gendtjar.pl =================================================================== --- source.orig/tools/genrb/gendtjar.pl 2010-06-10 21:51:36.000000000 +0100 +++ source/tools/genrb/gendtjar.pl 2010-06-10 21:52:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ $icuLibDir = abs_path($icuBinDir."/../lib"); $path .=":$icuBinDir:$icuLibDir"; - $libpath = $ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'}.":$icuLibDir"; - $ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'} = $libpath; + $libpath = $ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH2'}.":$icuLibDir"; + $ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH2'} = $libpath; #print ("##### LD_LIBRARY_PATH = $ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'}\n");