cross-compilation documentation

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcc-owner On Behalf Of Dan Kegel
> Sent: 29 May 2004 06:22

> Back then, 3.5 seemed impossibly far off.  Now it's at our
> doorstep.  Has there been any motion on getting libgcc
> build decoupled from basic gcc build?  It would be highly
> appreciated.  It's getting harder and harder to bootstrap
> the gcc/glibc combination with each new release.  cvs glibc
> looks like it currently requires you to have a good target
> gcc *just to install the headers*, so my old tricks won't
> work.  Getting rid of the need for glibc headers to build
> plain old gcc would really cut through the Gordian knot.

  Why would decoupling the libgcc build make building glibc any easier or
more difficult?  Don't quite see it myself.

  Anyway, does the old "--without-headers --with-newlib" trick still work
for making a bootstrap compiler these days?  I haven't tried it since 2.95.x
days.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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