Re: crossgcc build script thoughts

[Dan Kegel <dkegel at ixiacom dot com>]

Bill Gatliff wrote:
> First off, let me express my gratitude at the attention my little
> toolchain build script has been getting lately.

Which reminds me: thanks for writing it!

> The reason my original script didn't do much with linux targets is
> because I observed the same thing as you--- the build process is
> different from targets that newlib supports.  Trying to support the
> two targets in the same script makes the script itself difficult to
> read for someone with low scripting skills, so I had always intended
> to keep the two build procedures in separate scripts. 

OK, two separate (but very similar) scripts it is, then.

> My internal scripts include prompting, but are largely driven by
> environment variables.  If all the needed variables are present and
> defined, no prompts occur and the script runs without user
> intervention. 

Agreed - it's just that the prompting isn't a priority for me,
and while I'm rearranging things, I'll remove it rather than
let it rot; it'd be easy to add back on later.

- Dan


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