Re: [gentoo-dev] sys-build

[Andreas Schweitzer <andy@physast.uga.edu>]

After understanding this now :-) I dare to answer on this one.

> > Hmm, maybe we can use i486 as build-host and make cross-compilers/binutils
> > for all other targets. But I prefere a solution without crocc-compilers that
> > works without tricks.
> 
> When you say "all other targets", are you talking about
> i386,486,pentium,pentiumpro and K6?  If so, a basic i486 build.tbz2 will work.

I think that should be correct.

> If the user sets the CHOST in /etc/make.conf to i686-pc-linux-gnu before

You mean in /etc/make.defaults ?
Plus setting CFLAGS.

Something for the not-next-release : Include the PGCC patches from
www.goof.com/pgcc ?

> building the system, then the system should compile an i686 gcc and i686
> binutils, correct?  I don't think you'd need a cross-compiler, would you?
> We're not talking about different architectures here -- just different CPU
> variations.

One build.tbz2 for Intel should be enough.

Cheers
Andreas

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