RE: newbie woes, was RE: cygwin arm-elf-linux gcc build failure

[David Korn <dkorn at pixelpower dot com>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Andrews [mailto:john@triscend.com]
>Sent: 24 March 2001 23:54


>What makes this hard is the undocumented knowledge of the ages required to
>make a cross-gcc from source. You can't exactly buy an O'Reilly book on the
>subject. The seers that have helped me (and a lot of others) here on this
>list carry this knowledge in their heads. There are a lot of good web sites
>(see previously referenced seers), but each is typically specific to a
>certain target or patch, and sometimes they contradict each other. The FAQ
>tries to cover the subject in general but it doesn't really get to the 
>nitty gritty details of run-time libraries and os headers. Since you 
>can't build a cross gcc without this stuff, it seems like a detailed
>discussion of it would be a valuable addition.

  Absolutely!  That is the main reason we've been discussing updating
the Cross GCC FAQ:  it is inadequate on the subject of headers and libs,
as indeed are the main gcc install instructions on gcc.gnu.org.

>Sorry for the OT rant. 

  Completely on topic, IMO.

      DaveK
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