NightStrike writes: > On Nov 12, 2007 8:11 AM, Andrew Haley <aph-gcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > NightStrike writes: > > > > > > There's a program called "crosstool" that automates the > > > process, though I've found it easier to just do it myself > > > assuming you have all the tools in place that you need. Check > > > here: > > > http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/current/doc/crosstool-howto.html > > > > > > If you get stuck, I could probably build you a toolchain real fast and > > > send you a log of what I did so that you can see each command and how > > > it works. > > > > This is an excruciatingly hard way to build a Linux-Linux cross > > compiler. The easy way is to copy libraries from a 64-bit Linux > > system to a 32-bit system and then to build the compiler with > > > > --enable-targets=all > > Right... because everyone with a 32-bit linux system has a running > 64-bit system available from which to copy system > libraries..................... wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/x86_64/os/Fedora/RPMS/glibc-2.5-3.x86_64.rpm rpm2cpio ./glibc-2.5-18.fc6.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idv Repeat for glibc-devel, etc. What's more, this will work for all target libraries needed, not just glibc. > The guy is building a cross compiler, not a native compiler. And you believe that building system libraries from scratch is going to be easier? Andrew.
