devel/cross-gcc and cross-binutils: how to set TGTARCH and TGTABI

[Stanislav Sedov]

On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:51:00 +0000 (GMT)
"Thomas Mueller" <mueller6727 at bellsouth.net> mentioned:

> 
> > You cannot use this port to build toolchaing for compiling Linux and
> > NetBSD applications.  This port creates toolchain using the newlib
> > libc library, which is used by some embedded operating systems (e.g.
> > rtems, ecos).  It can also be used to build bare-metal standalone
> > applications.  Linux on the other hand is using glibc and NetBSD their
> > own libc implementation, so this toolchain would not work.
>          
> > Stanislav Sedov
> 
> Thanks for clarification.  What you say was not obvious from the pkg-descr.
> 
> Now I will know one blind alley to avoid in cross-compiling for Linux and NetBSD.
> 

What is your target?
Do you just want to cross-build the Linux and NetBSD kernels, or userland
applications?  For Linux we can probably try to add a port that uses glibc
instead of newlib.

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Stanislav Sedov
ST4096-RIPE

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