Re: Building Newlib Independently of GCC

[Andrew Stubbs <Andrew dot Stubbs at st dot com>]

On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 jjohnstn@cygnus.com wrote:
> > Is it possible to build newlib using an existing cross compiler rather
> > than build it at the same time as the cross compiler?
> > 
> 
> Yes.  You simply put the installed cross tools in your path or else override the
> xx_FOR_TARGET variables on the make.  Note that unless you install in the
> same install directory as gcc does, gcc won't be able to automatically link in your multilibs 
> for you when it compiles/links with multilib options specified.  

Thanks, that was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. A few
questions on the deatils though:

How do I get it to do the multilib? Do I just have to configure and build
it multiple times? Or is there some built in support?

TIA

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