From 8e9b486b1b6678f2db9b05213f44d3aa3ea6ad18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:59:23 +0100 Subject: Add a warning. --- hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'hurd') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3