Re: Bug#366873: gcc-4.1-source: patch for cross compiler doesn't apply
> Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> > > Jonas Meyer writes:
> > >> Package: gcc-4.1-source
> > >> Severity: normal
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> cross-configure.dpatch doesn't apply when following the
> > >> instructions in README.cross.
> > >>
> > >> Indeed building according to README.cross doesn't work, because
> > >> those patches don't apply. However, when simply skipping them, the
> > >> build seems to succeed (and the resulting compiler works). So I
> > >> suggest to remove them completely (cross-includes and
> > >> cross-configure).
> >
> > These patches have been created to workaround bugs in previous
> > versions of gcc sources. Probably they are no longer needed? Someone
> > should check...
>
> In case this refers to the binutils patch, that one is obsolete with
> current binutils/unstable.
No this is referred to cross-patches for gcc packages.
Situation with binutils is much simpler.
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