Re: Announcing `autocrossgen'

[Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com>]

Nikita, list,

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Nikita Orlov <nikitos1550@yandex.ru> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is it possible to build toolchain for arm, that runs on same arm, but build toolchain on x86?

Currently autocrossgen only builds cross-compilers. It doesn't
currently support native compilers. I am not sure that I will ever
support native compilers, hence the 'cross' in the name of the
project.

-Bryan

P.S. try not to top-post


> 23.10.2014, 11:41, "Bryan Hundven" <bryanhundven@gmail.com>:
>> Per, List,
>>
>> To get context correct "more friendly to developers". So say you are
>> working on binutils, gcc, glibc, musl-libc, etc...
>>
>> If you are using crosstool-ng, you have to save steps if you want to
>> not build the prereqs for building gcc (say you are working on gcc
>> specifically) over and over again. autocrossgen's build system uses
>> GNU/Make rather then Bash. So you can just delete the build/gcc*, type
>> make and the build will leave off at configuring and building gcc
>> instead of starting the whole build process over from scratch.
>>
>> -Bryan
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:35 AM, Per Arnold Blaasmo
>> <per-arnold.blaasmo@atmel.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  On 23. okt. 2014 04:58, Bryan Hundven wrote:
>>>>  Hello list,
>>>>
>>>>  Out of necessity for a tool to build a cross-compiler that is more
>>>>  friendly to developers, I started this project. I've posted it to
>>>>  github so that it is easy for others to contribute to:
>>>>
>>>>  https://github.com/bhundven/autocrossgen
>>>>
>>>>  If you'd like to contribute, check out the issues and milestones:
>>>>  https://github.com/bhundven/autocrossgen/issues
>>>>  https://github.com/bhundven/autocrossgen/milestones
>>>>
>>>>  Just fork the code, make changes to your tree, and open a pull request.
>>>>
>>>>  Enjoy!
>>>>
>>>>  -Bryan
>>>>
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>>>  Hi Bryan,
>>>
>>>  "more friendly" is not a very concrete term, can you be more specific
>>>  and maybe make a comparison with i.e. crosstool-ng.
>>>
>>>  I appreciate the initiative, but what to know more :-)
>>>
>>>  Regards
>>>  Per A.
>>>
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