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Re: egcs 1.1b *-rtems
- To: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: egcs 1.1b *-rtems
- From: joel at OARcorp dot com
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:44:18 -0500 (CDT)
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Jeffrey A Law wrote:
> In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.981015071323.20001B-100000@oar3remote.oarcorp.com>y
> ou write:
> > With newlib and glibc, a possible better fix long term would be a
> > mechanism to have those libraries install their header files before the
> > compiler is built. This would eliminate the need for inhibit_libc in many
> > cross cases -- at least most embedded and XXX Linux -> YYY Linux.
> That's also how the bsd world worked for a long time. The first thing the
> make world process did was install all the new header files.
It is a logical and safe thing to do. It certainly avoid painful build
order problems. It would solve the need for -Dinhibit_libc when newlib
is built.
And it would open the door for teaching the top about RTEMS' header files
which would eliminate my limits.h gripes. :)
--joel