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> -----Original Message----- > From: newlib-owner@sourceware.org [mailto:newlib-owner@sourceware.org] > On Behalf Of Schwarz, Konrad > I have to say that I find newlib/README confusing: > Section "The Build, Host, and Target Concepts in newlib" > states that "the target concept does not apply to [newlib] ... > gcc's target platform is newlib's host platform, and, as mentioned > before, newlib has no concept of target", but the top-level configure > script requires the --target= argument. I was misled by this to set > host to arm-none-eabi. > > I think the presentation could be improved by adding a sentence to the > effect of "To compile newlib for a host x, add --target=x when invoking > the top level configure script." Please find an according patch attached.
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