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Re: Using sysrooted toolchain, or not?

On Thursday 26 February 2009 15:09:10 michael wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > I'd like to know if anybody is still using non-sysrooted toolchains.
> >
> > I'm thinking of entirely removing the option from crosstool-NG, as I
> > think that all toolchains should be sysrooted (it makes things much
> > simpler).
> >
> > But before I do, I want to know if any one finds a good reason that
> > non-sysrooted toolchains should still be buildable.
>
> Can you post a link to an explanation of the significance of this option?
> I mean, what does "sysrooting" the toolchain mean?

maybe this will help:
http://embedded.gentoo.org/handbook/?part=1&chap=4#doc_chap3
-mike

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