Building mips*-linux-gnu using --with-newlib

[Richard Sandiford]

cgd@broadcom.com writes:
> At Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:15:40 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Sandiford" wrote:
> > Dunno how standard this is, but I tend to build a mips*-linux-gnu
> > sysroot as follows:
> > 
> >    - build a bare-bones gcc, configured using:
> >         --with-newlib --disable-shared --disable-threads
> >         --enable-languages=c
> >    - use it to build & install glibc
> >    - build a full compiler, no special configure options
> >    - use it to build the rest of the sysroot
> 
> where the rest of the sysroot includes glibc, or not?

No, I just build it once.

> does this actually do "the right thing"?

Well, it certainly seems to work well enough for personal use.
But maybe your double build is more correct...

Richard