Re: Adding newlib support to crosstool

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

NGB wrote:
> I have the basic script working.

Huzzah!

> On to the get_and_patch stuff, what is the source of the patches ? 
> Do you build them yourself from cvs or do libc and gcc have a nice collection of 
> patches that you can download ?

A couple come from CVS, a bunch come from google, and a very few
are written on the spot by some very, very helpful experts on the net.
Basically, when I get stuck, I go scrounging for The Patch
That Fixes This Problem, jam it into my repository, document it
thoroughly and submit a bug report to gcc if needed, and
that's that.

In other words, I only add patches when it's good and obvious they're
needed to fix a problem that keeps the build or the regression test
from completing successfully.

> I'm not sure crosstest.sh would be possible, you would have to run the program 
> using gdb with target sim, in a semihosting environment (can GDB do this ?)
> mmmm... I'll stick with the build for now 

At some point I'd like to build gdb as well, at which point it
will make sense, sim or no sim.  Finish up the build part for
now, that's fine, but eventually we'll want to test, too.

- Dan

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