Re: Some questions about IA64 cross compiler and possible RPM spec

[Al Stone <ahs3 at fc dot hp dot com>]

...from the shameless advertising division....

It's a lot easier on Debian.  You can see what has been done
with Debian by visiting:

   http://www.cpad.pucrs.br/pub/docs/cross-compiler.pdf

Or searching through the Gelato site at:

   http://www.gelato.org

Or checking out the Debian toolchain packages that will
build the whole shootin' match for you.

I _think_ there's some folks there working on spec files
through Gelato, too, so you might want to search their
mailing lists.  A quick google also turned up about 1100
hits that might be of help.

You may also want to start from the spec files that Red Hat
ships with their compilers.  I suspect it's a lot easier to
modify those than start from scratch.

Sorry this doesn't answer the question directly, but I
hope it helps nonetheless....

On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 09:10, Lew Newby Jr. wrote:
> Hello folks, 
> 	Ok, I have gotten a gcc-3.2.3 i386-linux --> ia64-linux cross
> compiler built and it works fine using binutils-2.14, and glibc-2.2.4
> with linuxthreads. I have a script that does this very nicely based off
> of some of the original scripts from the crossgcc FAQ.
> 
> First question is this. Has anyone put together an RPM Spec file to
> package this up into an RPM?
> 
> Second, what is the minimum include and library files I would need?
> Currently I am using a very large set to build this.
> 
> I am a sys admin and not a developer so my background doesn't aid me too
> much in this but the company I am working for is using the Xcompiler to
> create product for the IA64 platform from large i386 build farms rather
> than spending mega$ on IA64 systems. I would like to be able to install
> this as an RPM package and be able to actually manage it when changes
> are needed.
> 
> Lew Newby Jr.
> Sr. Linux Architect
> SACC Inc.
> Office: (740)454-8778
> Fax: (740)454-8778
> Mobile: (740)819-1615
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Ciao,
al
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