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Re: multilibs
Bryce McKinlay <bryce@waitaki.otago.ac.nz> writes:
> Richard Earnshaw wrote:
>
> >The problem is that each multi-lib option potentially doubles the number
> >of libraries to build (and hence to test). There's just too many
> >combinations.
> >
> >It already takes hours, even on quite fast machines, to do a full build.
> >
>
> Perhaps a solution would be to disable multilibs by default, at least
> for native targets? On powerpc-linux for example, soft-float multilibs
> get built even though there is no use for them - quite annoying when you
> forget to turn them off by hand. We could then perhaps have a
> configuration option to turn on specific multilibs for those who want them.
They're used for building the kernel. Believe me, if they were
unnecessary I'd have deleted them a long time ago.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> <geoffk@redhat.com>