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Re: A patch for cross compiling checking
On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 11:14:53AM +1000, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> "H . J . Lu" wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 10:49:08AM +1000, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > >
> > > Does this test require that a GCC cross compiler be built/installed
> > > before the configure goes ahead?
> >
> > No. You just need to do
> >
> > # mkdir -p ${prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/${target_alias}/${gcc_version}
> >
> > or add --disable-target-dir-sanity-checking to configure.
>
> But why should I have to do that now?
>
It is not a problem with newlib. But it is a problem for non-newlib.
gcc uses ${prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/${target_alias}/${gcc_version}/../../xxxxx
to find the C header files if the C library is not newlib. With this
patch, people who build Linux/ia64 toolchain on ia32 will know what
goes wrong.
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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)