svn commit: r366766 - head

Jessica Clarke jrtc27 at debian.org
Fri Oct 16 15:36:09 UTC 2020


On 16 Oct 2020, at 16:16, Kyle Evans <kevans at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> Author: kevans
> Date: Fri Oct 16 15:16:23 2020
> New Revision: 366766
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/366766
> 
> Log:
>  Makefile: add a small blurb about building with gcc xtoolchain
> 
>  The key details are to install the appropriate flavor of devel/freebsd-gcc9
>  and pass CROSS_TOOLCHAIN while building.
> 
>  Suggested by:	kib
> 
> Modified:
>  head/Makefile
> 
> Modified: head/Makefile
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/Makefile	Fri Oct 16 14:28:13 2020	(r366765)
> +++ head/Makefile	Fri Oct 16 15:16:23 2020	(r366766)
> @@ -89,6 +89,15 @@
> # 10.  `reboot'
> # 11.  `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore)
> #
> +# For individuals wanting to build from source with GCC from ports, first build
> +# or install an appropriate flavor of devel/freebsd-gcc9.  The packages produced
> +# by this port are named "${TARGET_ARCH}-gcc9" -- note that not all
> +# architectures supported by FreeBSD have an external gcc toolchain available.
> +#
> +# Once the appropriate freebsd-gcc package is installed, simply pass
> +# CROSS_TOOLCHAIN=${TARGET_ARCH}-gcc9 while building with the above steps,
> +# e.g., `make buildworld CROSS_TOOLCHAIN=amd64-gcc9`.

Given GCC 10 is the latest GCC release so this is already a bit
outdated (though perhaps GCC 9 is still the recommended version for
FreeBSD now?), should this not avoid hard-coding a specific version and
thus s/9/N/ (or X)?

Jess



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