gmp & mpfr (toolchain): install libs into lib64 for x86_64 so that gcc will find them (or at least I think that was why) net-tools: specify to use cross-binutils' ar version clean up after libtool workarounds that add -L/libtoolisbad write /etc/nsswitch.conf write /etc/hosts with localhost and whichever hostname is generated both pointing to 127.0.0.1 fetch TLS/SSL CA certificates for the new system