Re: : What is affected

[msokolov at ivan dot Harhan dot ORG (Michael Sokolov)]

"Davis, Harvey" <Harvey.Davis@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote:

> If I download gcc, binutils, newlib and gdb and then recompile them for
> cross compilation use will my existing copies of gcc, glibc, binutils etc
> be modified in any way?

No. Cross tools have their name mangled at installation, e.g., for m68k-coff
you'll have m68k-coff-as, m68k-coff-ld, m68k-coff-gcc, etc. Target headers and
libraries are installed in specially named directories, e.g.,
/usr/local/m68k-coff/include and /usr/local/m68k-coff/lib, and the cross tools
know to look there and not in the native locations.

> Or will program I compile for ordinary use get
> confused and linked to the wrong libraries?????

No, this will never happen. Everything is arranged so that both native and
cross tools "just work" naturally and never conflict. This is a really
beautiful system.

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