[gentoo-user] Re: How to build kernel with old binutils?

[Grant Edwards]

On Oct 10, 2022, 12:46 PM  Alan J. Wylie wrote:
> Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
> > On 2022-10-10, <flzdjhmtax@××××××××.uk> (Alan J. Wylie) <flzdjhmtax@××××××××.uk> wrote:
> >> $ man binutils-config
> >>
> >> [...]
> >
> > AFAICT, that changes the binutils configuraiton for the entire
> > system. That's not what I want to do. I want to use specific binutils
> > versions for specific make invocations. [...]

> Perhaps, pretend you're cross compiling? Perhaps you sort of are,
> anyway, even if just for other package versions on the same
> architecture?

> Might "crossdev" help?
>
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Embedded_Handbook/General/Creating_a_cross-compiler
>
> $ crossdev --help
> Usage: crossdev [options] --target TARGET

Thanks!

That looks promising. I was somewhat aware of crossdev, but it hadn't
occured to me to use it to to generate native toolchains with various
versions of gcc/binutils. In my case, I wouldn't need any libc at all,
but that shouldn't be a big problem.

--
Grant