Bug#666743: gcc-4.6: please provide a multiarch:foreign compiler interface

[Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 10:09:52AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> tags 666743 + wontfix
> thanks

Did you forget to cc control@?

> looks like an april fool joke. If not, then it's won't fix. upstream
> did explicitly remove the ability to specify the triplet/target and
> the version from the driver.

It actually isn't a joke. I would actually like to see a
multiarch:foreign interface to gcc. Are there other ways this could be
achieved?

> Either get this kind of thing implemented upstream, or not at all.

I am aware that implementing this feature is a huge amount of work. Can
you give more detailed answers to my other questions even if you do not
intend to do this work yourself? Those questions were:

| Is this feature worth the effort? Is the drafted solution applicable?
| Are there other prerequisites needed before changes to the gcc
| packages can be done?

Another option for this case might be multiarch:allowed. However the
current multiarch spec does not permit an explicit gcc:amd64 dependency.

Helmut