This is a somewhat ordered list of things to do asap.

 -: not started

 +: worked on

 !: problem encountered

 X: abandonned

 O: Finished

 ! find a way to teach gcc to install its libraries directly into sysroot

   if too complex or unfeasible, move those libs manually

 - add debug tools:

   X Electric Fence    http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/ (replaced by D.U.M.A., below)

   O D.U.M.A.          http://duma.sourceforge.net/

   - Memcheck          http://hald.dnsalias.net/projects/memcheck/

   - MemCheck Deluxe   http://prj.softpixel.com/mcd/

   - Memwatch          http://www.linkdata.se/sourcecode.html

   ! ltrace            ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/ltrace/

   O strace            http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/

   - Valgrind          http://valgrind.org/