docs/7 - Contributing to crosstool-NG.txt
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Tue Nov 23 21:35:28 2010 +0100 (2010-11-23)
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scripts/xldd: better find sysroot with old gcc

Only starting with 4.4 does gcc have a -print-sysroot option.
For 4.3 or before, we have to play some tricks:
- ask gcc where libc.so is,
(we expect it in ${sysroot}/usr/lib/libc.so)
- trim /usr/lib/libc.so from the result

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
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     1 File.........: 7 - Contributing to crosstool-NG.txt
     2 Copyrigth....: (C) 2010 Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
     3 License......: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike (CC-by-sa), v2.5
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     6 Contributing to crosstool-NG  /
     7 _____________________________/
     8 
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    10 Sending a bug report |
    11 ---------------------+
    12 
    13 If you need to send a bug report, please send a mail with subject
    14 prefixed with "[CT_NG]" with to following destinations:
    15     TO: yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr
    16     CC: crossgcc (at) sourceware.org
    17 
    18 
    19 Sending patches |
    20 ----------------+
    21 
    22 If you want to enhance crosstool-NG, there's a to-do list in the TODO file.
    23 
    24 Patches should come with the appropriate SoB line. A SoB line is typically
    25 something like:
    26    Signed-off-by: John DOE <john.doe@somewhere.net>
    27 
    28 The SoB line is clearly described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches , section
    29 12, of your favourite Linux kernel source tree.
    30 
    31 
    32 For larger or more frequent contributions, mercurial should be used.
    33 There is a nice, complete and step-by-step tutorial in section 'C'.