libiberty & gcc

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < Pine.LNX.4.02.9809052322540.200-100000@tahallah.demon.co.uk >you write:
  > Why not just compile libiberty twice, once for host and once for target? 
We already do this.  It would also need to be compiled for the
build machine to make canadian crosses work correctly.  That's
where the complications arise.

Too often people forget that there's actually 3 components.

target machine -- the machine we ultimately end up generating code for.

host machine -- the machine which actually runs the target compiler

build machine -- the machine which builds the target compiler

Often build == host, but not always.

jeff