Re: [Sheflug] GCC Compiler

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Will" == Will Newton <will [at] misconception.org.uk> writes:

    Will> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
    >> It occurred to me that your cross-compiler point is almost
    >> certainly incorrect.  Although gcc can be configured as a xc,
    >> it is highly unlikely that the gcc in gcc*.rpm is.  So gcc*.rpm
    >> should recommend binutils and glibc-dev.

    Will> <PEDANT> gcc as a cross compiler is usually called xgcc. So
    Will> gcc asking for binutils is perfectly sane in my book. (gcc
    Will> calls ld -> dependency) </PEDANT>

Whatever.

I still don't understand why Richard's system's PMS doesn't recommend
all these development packages.  On a recent Debian, it's hard to
install just one package anymore.  You have to use --force-ignore-depends
options.

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