On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 04:21:27PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 11:51:34AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > I'm trying to build a cross-compiler for mipsel-linux on an ia32 box, using the
> > > gcc-2.95.4 sources from Debian unstable. I build lots of cross-compilers in the
> > > past (for m68k-linux, powerpc-linux, mipsel-linux, m68k-amigaos on
> > > Linux/{m68k,PPC,ia32) or Solaris/SPARC boxes), but this time I'm really stuck.
> > Are there reasons that the toolchain-source package is not suitable for
> > you? The gcc-avr source package shows an example of how to make use of
> > this (and has just gotten a boost during this weekend's bug-squashing
> > party).
> > toolchain-source provides a cross-build toolchain of binutils
> > 2.11.92.0.12.3 and gcc 3.0.3.
> I don't know (yet). Perhaps that 3.0.3 isn't as reliable as 2.95.4? Probably
> there's a good reason why Debian (even unstable) ships with 2.95.4.
gcc 3.0 is, generally, better than gcc 2.95.4. I know one reason why
woody is shipping with 2.95 as the default on all architectures that
support it is because switching to 3.0 will require a recompile of all
C++ software in the distribution; but if you're just compiling C code, I
can't see any reason that gcc 3.0 wouldn't be sufficient for your own
use. It's certainly the compiler that will likely see the most bugfixes.
Regards,
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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