GCC ERROR: Cannot Execute Binary File [GCC Compiled from Source] - gcc

Question

I am writing an Operating System. I am currently stuck at not being able to compile C code into output files, then further linking them with ld
When I run my make file, this error pops up:
/usr/local/i386elfgcc/bin/i386-elf-gcc -g -ffreestanding -c kernel/kernel.c -o kernel/kernel.o
/usr/local/i386elfgcc/bin/i386-elf-gcc: /usr/local/i386elfgcc/bin/i386-elf-gcc: cannot execute binary file
make: *** [kernel/kernel.o] Error 126
This is the makefile
C_SOURCES = $(wildcard kernel/*.c drivers/*.c)
HEADERS = $(wildcard kernel/*.h drivers/*.h)
# Nice syntax for file extension replacement
OBJ = ${C_SOURCES:.c=.o}
# Change this if your cross-compiler is somewhere else
CC = /usr/local/i386elfgcc/bin/i386-elf-gcc
GDB = /usr/local/i386elfgcc/bin/i386-elf-gdb
LD = /usr/local/i386elfgcc/bin/i386-elf-ld
# -g: Use debugging symbols in gcc
CFLAGS = -g
# First rule is run by default
os-image.bin: boot/boot.bin kernel.bin
cat $^ > os-image.bin
# '--oformat binary' deletes all symbols as a collateral, so we don't need
# to 'strip' them manually on this case
kernel.bin: boot/kernelStart32.o ${OBJ}
${LD} -o $# -Ttext 0x1000 $^ --oformat binary
# Used for debugging purposes
kernel.elf: boot/boot_32bit_kernel_entry.o ${OBJ}
${LD} -o $# -Ttext 0x1000 $^
run: os-image.bin
qemu-system-i386 -fda os-image.bin
# Open the connection to qemu and load our kernel-object file with symbols
debug: os-image.bin kernel.elf
qemu-system-i386 -s -fda os-image.bin &
${GDB} -ex "target remote localhost:1234" -ex "symbol-file kernel.elf"
# Generic rules for wildcards
# To make an object, always compile from its .c
%.o: %.c ${HEADERS}
${CC} ${CFLAGS} -ffreestanding -c $< -o $#
%.o: %.asm
nasm $< -f elf -o $#
%.bin: %.asm
nasm $< -f bin -o $#
clean:
rm -rf *.bin *.dis *.o os-image.bin *.elf
rm -rf kernel/*.o boot/*.bin drivers/*.o boot/*.o
I have built GCC etc to the path: /usr/local/i386-elf-gcc
I am on macOS Monterey 12.4 (Intel - x86_64) and have all dependencies installed
I have tried looking everywhere for this problem, trying different flags and everything, however the problem still persisted

Answer 1

It means that the compiler you built doesn't run on the system you are running it on. You have to decide whether you want to do native compiling in which case you would build a compiler that runs on the target and also generates output for the target. This is how the compilers you usually use always work.
If you create that kind of compiler then you have to run make on the target since that's where you build the compiler to run.
Or, you can create a cross-compiler. A cross-compiler runs on your local system, but builds output that runs on the target system.
In your case, if you want to compile code on your MacOS system but generate binary files that run on a different system, you need a cross-compiler.