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On Thursday 19 January 2006 13:21, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Thursday 19 January 2006 19:19, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Thursday 19 January 2006 12:18, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > On Thursday 19 January 2006 12:18, Jan Beulich wrote: > > > > Why would you need to build glibc when you want a cross compiler? > > > > > > The unwinder in libgcc2 needs libc harders unfortunately. Long ago > > > it could be workarounded with -Dinhibit_libc=1, but that has since then > > > bitrotted. > > > > for linux targets yes (although with gcc-4.x, it takes two lines of > > additional code to bring back this "feature") > > If you already solved it you should perhaps consider to grace the gcc > people with your wisdom and send them a patch. i tried and was happly flamed for proposing such ideas :) the reason they dont like it (and wont accept it) is that inhibiting libc breaks unwind/thread support in the compiler for linux targets although, this doesnt matter at all if all you want to do is cross-compile a kernel or some apps which dont require the aforementioned support -mike ------ Want more information? See the CrossGCC FAQ, http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to crossgcc-unsubscribe@sourceware.org
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