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Re: Why does static-gnulib include -lgcc_eh?


On 08/30/11 13:01, Mike Frysinger wrote:
oh magic archives, what do you contain !
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-09/msg00100.html
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2005-02/msg00042.html
-mike

Hey thanks for the links. I guess I was on the right track.


Here is an interesting tidbit:

> Re: Crosscompiling issues with glibc-2.3.4
>
>     From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
>     To: Jeremy Huddleston <eradicator at gentoo dot org>
>     Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
>     Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:09:29 -0800
>     Subject: Re: Crosscompiling issues with glibc-2.3.4
>     Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
>     References: <1108245892.30471.68.camel@cid.outersquare.org>
>
> Cross-compiling is not supported.
>
> --
> â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â

That explains alot. Well, it explains why the GNU toolchain is so crappy in this regard, but it doesn't explain why 'cross-compiling is not supported'. A google search doesn't reveal any reasons for this, but there is another instance where the mantra is repeated:

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10545

Bryan


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