Any plans to integrate just binutils‑gdb into GCC?

[Arsen Arsenović]

unlvsur unlvsur via Gcc-help <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

> The cross compiler approach (aka $target-gcc) ads another dimension which is mathematically a mess.
>
> For examples if you have N platforms, to build every possible combination,
> clang only has N combos (only needs the host). While gcc needs N^2
> (host*target). It just wastes computing resources to build each of them and it
> is a terrible mess. Just look at this. And this has been proven not only in
> theory but also in reality.

Having a compiler capable of generating code for a target does not
suffice to cross-compile to that target.

Indeed, LLVMs build system contains logic for building the runtime
libraries for other targets in much the same way as GCC does.

It is a waste of time to build all N^2 (or even N^3) combinations.  So
don't do that.
-- 
Arsen Arsenović
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