Bug#438816: gcc-multilib: Please provide arch-gcc binary for the multilib architecture
Josh Triplett writes:
> Matthias Klose wrote:
> > Josh Triplett writes:
> >> Package: gcc-multilib
> >> Version: 4:4.1.2-3
> >> Severity: wishlist
> >>
> >> Could gcc-multilib provide an arch-gcc binary for the multilib architecture?
> >> For instance, i486-linux-gnu-gcc on x86_64?
> >
> > is there a concrete use case?
>
> Several. First, in some cases you can more easily specify a compiler binary
> than alternate flags. Such cases include software with makefiles that
> (brokenly) override CFLAGS, or that allow a user-specified CFLAGS to override
> their own CFLAGS and break things. Second, it would allow uniformity between
> cross-compilers and biarch compilers. This would make it easier to tell a
> configure script to target the alternate architecture. It would also help
> when trying to use distcc across machines of various architectures.
wouldn't we need corresponding binutils tools first?
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