docs/README.freebsd.txt
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Tue Aug 31 23:24:40 2010 +0200 (2010-08-31)
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binutils/binutils: remove faulty patch

The added code should be conditinal to the target system
being !MIPS, but is based on the host system being !MIPS.

This is plain wrong, and had not been noticed until now
as I never used those binutils versions on MIPS.

See:
http://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2010-08/msg00192.html

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from f5ab0a80e46616adb3619cc7c5d78d0ccd7ea697)
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22 May 2010 - Titus von Boxberg
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Prerequisites and instructions for using ct-ng for building a cross toolchain on FreeBSD as host.
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0) Tested on FreeBSD 8.0
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1) Install (at least) the following ports
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   archivers/lzma
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   textproc/gsed
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   devel/gmake
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   devel/patch
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   shells/bash
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   devel/bison
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   lang/gawk
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   devel/automake110
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   ftp/wget
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   Of course, you should have /usr/local/bin in your PATH.
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2) run ct-ng's configure with the following tool configuration:
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   ./configure --with-sed=/usr/local/bin/gsed --with-make=/usr/local/bin/gmake \
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   --with-patch=/usr/local/bin/gpatch
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   [...other configure parameters as you like...]
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3) proceed as described in general documentation
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   but use gmake instead of make