Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:28:20 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> Subject: Re: rescue/ broke cross compiles Message-ID: <20030630222820.GV70590@roark.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <20030630222353.GH57432@sunbay.com> References: <20030630222353.GH57432@sunbay.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:23:53AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > Hi there! > > As seen by the latest series of tinderbox failures, > the rescue/ stuff breaks cross compiles. The problem > is that some bits like bin/sh have the so-called > "build tools". These are small utilities not normally > visible in the world except during the build stage. > As such, "make buildworld" builds them in the native > host's environment (using the host compiler, headers, > libraries, and binutils). The /rescue should have > such a target too (build-tools), that would in effect > call the build-tools targets in all makefiles that > have it, e.g. bin/sh/Makefile. I'm the first to admit my Make-foo is lacking. I'm not sure I understand why /rescue needs build-tools bits. Can you help enlighten me? -gordon [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/ALmDRu2t9DV9ZfsRAiIsAKCAcZrAapN/IV5CtS58IVvNDiuvzwCfeJat A+5bPYZUFRDQcvgnAhxK9S4= =BTiZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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