On 6/21/2012 5:57 AM, Tobias Gasser wrote: > why are the CC= AR= RANLIB= not set for glibc? > > as far i can understand, glibc will be built with the hosts compiler and > not with the new one build in 5.5 as the new one didn't install > reachable with the PATH-variable. > > in 5.8 binutils and 5.9 gcc will be built with the new compiler by > specifying the CC/AR/RANLIB variables. > > further on these variables are no longer required, as in 5.9 the > compiler will be installed to be found in the path. > > > i just built glibc with CC/AR/RANLIB set as in 5.8 and 5.9. > meanwhile i've rebuild glibc in chapter 6 without any issues. > > > is there a good reason to build glibc with the host compiler instead of > building with the new one from 5.5? > > tobias > > You should probably ask the developers this one, as unless the new version says otherwise, it's still a matter of taste and knowing what you're doing. Perhaps on some systems it would wreck them royally to use the new compiler instead of the host compiler.
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