On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 09:53 -0600, Gary Thomas wrote: > Has this work/discussion progressed at all? I'm interested in cross > tools (x86->ppc) and would > like to get involved in making these happen. > > Any pointers on how I can get started (where/how to pick up the current > work, etc)? The binutils thing is fairly simple; the hard part is the compiler -- because to build libgcc_shared.so you need to have a glibc to link it against. Building cross-compilers has always been horrid because of this. I was thinking of trying to get a package to build by using a _dummy_ glibc -- it doesn't have to be runnable; we only have to be able to _link_ against it. So any DSO which has the handful of symbols that libgcc_shared uses would probably do the trick. Other people have taken other approaches, like repackaging the target glibc into a noarch package and requiring that for the cross-compiler. Or maybe we should build the cross-toolchain _without_ shared libgcc support, then build the shared libgcc in a separate package. It's kind of an open question. -- David Woodhouse Open Source Technology Centre David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx Intel Corporation -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
