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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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