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/