linux-kernel - Re: Unify the various copies of libgcc into lib

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Date:   Wed, 24 May 2017 15:59:50 +0200
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, monstr@...str.eu,
        ralf@...ux-mips.org, liqin.linux@...il.com, lennox.wu@...il.com,
        ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp, dalias@...c.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Unify the various copies of libgcc into lib

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 02:49:24PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com> wrote:
> 
> > ... Unfortunately I don't actually have all these cross compilers setup...
> 
> If you have Fedora, you have the following available as standard
> RPMs:

And if you need more than just the cross-compilers (e.g. libraries for
the target architecture), I recommend a Debian Stretch or newer.

Debian's Multi-Arch allows one to install libraries for the target
system onto your build system. I have used that extensively in the
past, for example to bootstrap GHC for various architectures [1].

Adrian

> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/BootstrappingGHC

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