docs/7 - Contributing to crosstool-NG.txt
author Michael Hope <michael.hope@linaro.org>
Wed Oct 05 14:15:45 2011 +1300 (2011-10-05)
changeset 2697 9cd87d279a99
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Pass CXXFLAGS to binutils/gold.

The GOLD linker is written in C++. Pass CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST as
CXXFLAGS to configure so that any host specific flags are passed
through.

It feels a bit funny passing CFLAGS as CXXFLAGS, but the PPL and GCC
target rules already do the same.

Signed-off-by: Michael Hope <michael.hope@linaro.org>
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File.........: 7 - Contributing to crosstool-NG.txt
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Copyright....: (C) 2010 Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
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License......: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike (CC-by-sa), v2.5
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Contributing to crosstool-NG  /
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Sending a bug report |
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If you need to send a bug report, please send a mail with subject
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prefixed with "[CT_NG]" with to following destinations:
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    TO: yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr
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    CC: crossgcc (at) sourceware.org
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Sending patches |
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If you want to enhance crosstool-NG, there's a to-do list in the TODO file.
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Patches should come with the appropriate SoB line. A SoB line is typically
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something like:
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   Signed-off-by: John DOE <john.doe@somewhere.net>
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The SoB line is clearly described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches , section
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12, of your favourite Linux kernel source tree.
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For larger or more frequent contributions, mercurial should be used.
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There is a nice, complete and step-by-step tutorial in section 'C'.