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| author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-10-29 20:59:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-10-29 20:59:23 +0100 |
| commit | 8e9b486b1b6678f2db9b05213f44d3aa3ea6ad18 (patch) | |
| tree | 770ccd1b59fda2f5ed13e2cdbae3e4d4d68007df /hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn | |
| parent | a4680204999312af4596f8da8b6fe7c9f94f6b88 (diff) | |
Add a warning.
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diff --git a/hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn b/hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn index 13abb963..16a26284 100644 --- a/hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn +++ b/hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn @@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ For now, find the shell scripts at Read through it. Understand it. Then use it. +/!\ Be made aware that -- while it is of course possible to build a working +cross-compiler -- this is not trivial to do. You'll have to patch several of +the source packages. See the corresponding Debian unstable source packages +about which Hurd-specific patches exist and check which of them are not yet in +the upstream source packages. Not all of the patches from the Debian packages +are needed for getting a functional tool chain, though. Applying patches is +definitely needed for the glibc, Hurd and GCC source packages, as there are a +bunch of outstanding patches that are needed for getting a functional build. + + Feel free to ask questions or report problems on this page's [[discussion]] sub-page. |