Summary: | sys-devel/binutils: enable --sysroot support even for native builds | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | SpanKY <vapier> |
Component: | Current packages | Assignee: | Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers <toolchain> |
Status: | RESOLVED NEEDINFO | ||
Severity: | enhancement | CC: | cross |
Priority: | Normal | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | All | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
SpanKY
2015-12-15 05:51:08 UTC
(In reply to SpanKY from comment #0) > this allows people to do sysroot builds w/out building+installing a > dedicated cross-compiling toolchain > > need to double check things don't break and revisit old known upstream bugs > to make sure they're resolved > > probably want to enable this only for recent versions of binutils too just > to avoid the aforementioned history Admitting my cluelessness with this but 1) what do we gain by this precisely? 2) "old known upstream bugs" - which ones? Yes I did look up the sysroot documentation. (In reply to Andreas K. Hüttel from comment #1) > (In reply to SpanKY from comment #0) > > this allows people to do sysroot builds w/out building+installing a > > dedicated cross-compiling toolchain > > > > need to double check things don't break and revisit old known upstream bugs > > to make sure they're resolved > > > > probably want to enable this only for recent versions of binutils too just > > to avoid the aforementioned history > > Admitting my cluelessness with this but > 1) what do we gain by this precisely? > 2) "old known upstream bugs" - which ones? > > Yes I did look up the sysroot documentation. Oh well... |