Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=506720 --- Comment #1 from Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> 2009-06-18 10:51:06 EDT --- The goal of this package is to be able to compile stuff against uclibc, without too much PITA. After build of this package, headers and libs seem to end up in /usr/{lib,include}/uClibc. Ok. How we will use them to build apps? This is what I do at home to achieve it: http://busybox.net/~vda/HOWTO/i486-linux-uclibc/HOWTO.txt And here is Rob's automatic build system for uclibc toolchain for several architectures: http://landley.net/code/firmware/ My approach (described at the URL above) basically amounts to building a separate cross-compiler for uclibc because: (1) AFAIK, libc forms a part of the platform's ABI: # i486-linux-uclibc-gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-uclibc ^^^^^^ $ gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.6/specs ^^^ (above: "gnu" basically means "glibc", I think) and (2) it is easier to follow the same scheme for all uclibc builds, "native" and true cross-compiling ones. But - this method will install cross-compiling gcc and cross-compiling binutils. Not sure Fedora would want that. (Comments from the people in the know? Is it possible/acceptable for Fedora to package cross-compiling toolchains?) I expect Fedora would rather want to use native toolchain, just coerced into using uclibc headers and libs. This is an understandable desire to reuse what we already have installed. But this is not easy. At least I failed when I tried. Problems usually manifest as gcc and/or ld using start files and/or libs which do not exist, and do not contain some required symbols. Because native gcc/ld expect to link against glibc. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review