README
author Daniel Price <daniel.price@gmail.com>
Tue Nov 20 16:59:17 2012 -0800 (2012-11-20)
changeset 3126 333d3e40cbd1
parent 2725 32aa23619dfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
scripts: refine static linking check to better guide the user

The current mechanism to check if static linking is possible, and the mesage
displayed on failure, can be puzzling to the unsuspecting user.

Also, the current implementation is not using the existing infrastructure,
and is thus difficult to enhance with new tests.

So, switch to using the standard CT_DoExecLog infra, and use four tests to
check for the host compiler:
- check we can run it
- check it can build a trivial program
- check it can statically link that program
- check if it statically link with libstdc++

That should cover most of the problems. Hopefully.

(At the same time, fix a typo in a comment)

Signed-off-by: Daniel Price <daniel.price@gmail.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: split original patch for self-contained changes]
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: use steps to better see gcc's output]
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: commit log]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Message-Id: <163f86b5216fc08c672a.1353459722@nipigon.dssd.com>
Patchwork-Id: 200536
     1 This is the README for crosstool-NG
     2 
     3 Crosstool-NG follows the autoconf dance. So, to get you
     4 kick-started, just run:
     5     ./configure --help
     6 
     7 If you are using a development snapshot, you'll have to
     8 create the configure script, first. Just run:
     9     ./bootstrap
    10 
    11 You will find the documentation in the directory 'docs'.
    12 Here is a quick overview of what you'll find there:
    13   0 - Table of content
    14   1 - Introduction
    15   2 - Installing crosstool-NG
    16   3 - Configuring a toolchain
    17   4 - Building the toolchain
    18   5 - Using the toolchain
    19   6 - Toolchain types
    20   7 - Contributing
    21   8 - Internals
    22   A - Credits
    23   B - Known issues
    24   C - Misc. tutorials
    25 
    26 You can also point your browser at:
    27   http://crosstool-ng.org/
    28 
    29 Aloha!