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From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Need additional help with cross-compiling/distcc
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:51:36
Message-Id: 1164131019.12763.23.camel@camille.espersunited.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Need additional help with cross-compiling/distcc by Michael Sullivan
1 On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 11:37 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
2 > I've read over the Cross-Compiling Witb Distcc guide at
3 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cross-compiling-distcc.xml , but I still
4 > don't understand how to cross-compile. One of my boxes (a very old,
5 > very slow i586) was emerging gcc-4.1.1-r1 last night when I went to bed.
6 > When I got up again eleven hours later, it hadn't moved. Would it be
7 > possible for me to build gcc on my faster i686 with something like
8 >
9 > CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointer"
10 > emerge -B =sys-devel/gcc-4.1.1-r1
11 >
12 > ?
13 >
14
15 (I sent this off before I was finished writing it (oops!) Since I
16 converted all my mail to maidir format last month I haven't figured out
17 where my Sent mail is.) I meant to say that after the binary package is
18 created, installing it on the i586. Is there any compatibility dangers
19 there that I need to be aware of?
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