[LV] Success! was: Re: Status of the toolchain build scripts?

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Mon, 2007-07-09 13:18:10 +0200, Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf at suse.de> wrote:
> * Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw at lug-owl.de> [Jul 09. 2007 12:51]:
> > On Mon, 2007-07-09 12:30:11 +0200, Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf at suse.de> wrote:
> > > * Mikkel Lauritsen <mikkel-vax at tala.dk> [Jul 09. 2007 12:20]:
> > > > I think having a prepackaged toolchain would be a really good thing, as I'd
> > > > naively assume that anybody interested in linux on Vax would tend to focus
> > > > on the kernel itself instead of mucking around with GCC and its friends.
> > > 
> > > How about using the openSUSE build service (http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service)
> > > for providing toolchain packages for various distributions ?
> > > 
> > > Just a thought ...
> > 
> > Doesn't this depend on fully buildable sources?
> 
> Yes, of course.
> 
> > I guess we first need
> > to complete a GNU libc port (and probably libstdc++.)  Once that's
> > finished, the rest should be somewhat easier...
> 
> Aren't we talking about a cross-toolchain here ?
> 
> The complete library port would be needed for a native toolchain only.

We don't even really have an incomplete one...  We have an incomplete
uClibc port that should be quite easy to resurrect, but at some time,
somebody needs to do it right and work in a full libc port...

(Somebody really should hire me for two or three months of full-time
VAX hacking!)

MfG, JBG

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