Re: Using the cross built toolchain

[Shakthi Kannan]

Hi,

----- On Dec 5, 2007 4:57 AM, Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> wrote:
| Is explicitly setting `LDFLAGS' really needed?
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Or we can add -L/usr/local/hurd/sys_root/lib to LD_LIB_PATH? Without
setting it, it fails at "cannot find /lib/libc.so.0.3".

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| Also, setting `CC'
| shouldn't be needed if `i586-pc-gnu-gcc' can be found in `$PATH'.
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Yes.

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| What I use in such cases is QEMU's facility to create FAT file systems
| on-the-fly: ``qemu [...] -hdc fat:[somewhere]''.  The Hurd `fatfs'
| translator is read-only, but for testing executables (etc.) that is
| enough.  And it is much easier than loop-mounting the file systems
| images.  (Also you don't need `root' rights.)
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This is very helpful. Thanks!

SK

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