RE: [discuss] Problem building cross compiler for x86_64

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

Kai Ruottu wrote:

>  Nobody thinks using the host glibc but the target glibc, which is
> already built and tested in those
> "existing Linux target" cases...
> 
>  But why to "reinvent the wheel"?

  But Kai, what if there was an explosion at the linux factory, and we all
woke up tomorrow morning to find the last pre-built glibc had caught fire and
burned to the ground?  What if we had to start again and build everything from
scratch, but nobody knew how to any more?

>  As Jan told, all kind of bad "Bernsteinian socialists" really can start
> their "bettering the world"
> from the existing situation, to use the existing target glibcs directly
> in their crosstools for SuSEs,
> Red Hats, Debians, Mandrivas, Gentoos etc.  As sad as this sounds, I'm
> one of these...

  I'm perfectly happy to do so myself, building a cross-glibc is the absolute
worst part of the entire gnu world and I'd rather avoid it when I can, but I
still understand why someone might _want_ to know how it's done.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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