README
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Thu Jul 31 09:08:33 2008 +0000 (2008-07-31)
changeset 752 b037a5643e04
parent 185 ade232db1313
child 764 ff368787f62b
permissions -rw-r--r--
Have the glibc build use the cross-objdump, rather than the host one.
On some distros (eg. Fedora), the native objdump can not interpret objects not for the native system, and thus fail.
This commit adds a new patch against glibc-2.7 that introduces OBJDUMP_FOR_HOST, wich, if set, overides the detected objdump.

Note: bizarely enough, glibc already has code to detect the cross-objdump, but that does not work for an unknown reason... :-(

/trunk/patches/glibc/2.7/220-objdump_for_host.patch | 13 13 0 0 +++++++++
/trunk/scripts/build/libc_glibc.sh | 37 21 16 0 +++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
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This is the README for crosstool-NG
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To get you started, just enter:
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  ./configure --help
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You can find a (terse and WIP) documentation in docs/overview.txt.
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You can also point your browser to
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  http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/dokuwiki/projects/crosstool
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If you need to send a bug report or a patch, please send a mail with subject
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prefixed with "[CT_NG]" with the following destinations:
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    TO: crossgcc (at) sourceware.org
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    CC: yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr
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The people that helped are listed in docs/CREDITS. Many thanks to them! :-)
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Aloha!