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From: Andreas Schweitzer <andy@×××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] sys-build
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:59:15
Message-Id: 20010127150002.A45222@bender.physast.uga.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] sys-build by drobbins@gentoo.org
1 After understanding this now :-) I dare to answer on this one.
2
3 > > Hmm, maybe we can use i486 as build-host and make cross-compilers/binutils
4 > > for all other targets. But I prefere a solution without crocc-compilers that
5 > > works without tricks.
6 >
7 > When you say "all other targets", are you talking about
8 > i386,486,pentium,pentiumpro and K6? If so, a basic i486 build.tbz2 will work.
9
10 I think that should be correct.
11
12 > If the user sets the CHOST in /etc/make.conf to i686-pc-linux-gnu before
13
14 You mean in /etc/make.defaults ?
15 Plus setting CFLAGS.
16
17 Something for the not-next-release : Include the PGCC patches from
18 www.goof.com/pgcc ?
19
20 > building the system, then the system should compile an i686 gcc and i686
21 > binutils, correct? I don't think you'd need a cross-compiler, would you?
22 > We're not talking about different architectures here -- just different CPU
23 > variations.
24
25 One build.tbz2 for Intel should be enough.
26
27 Cheers
28 Andreas
29
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