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Re: PROPOSAL: Policy for obsoleting targets
On Thursday 22 May 2003 12:09 am, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Ben Elliston wrote:
> > Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.com> writes:
> >>So, suppose we start a web page with Joel's categories as headings,
> >>and then let people fill in sections for instructions in places
> >>where they know the answer? We'll wind up with missing sections,
> >>but at least we'll have something to point people to.
> >
> > IMHO, the material should go into the GCC installation manual.
>
> And IMHO it should be in executable form, so you can potentially
> just run a script to get a working toolchain. I'm trying to pull
> together examples; so far, I have a canned script that downloads
> sources and builds a working gcc/glibc/binutils for powerpc-linux
> for gcc-3.2.3. I'll try to do more. They'll be at
> http://www.kegel.com/crossgcc/
> and are based on Bill Gatliff's work.
> - Dan
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Mike