Bug#771070: requirements for cross toolchain packages in the distribution

2014-12-27 Thread Wookey
+++ Ben Longbons [2014-12-18 12:23 -0800]: On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Wookey woo...@wookware.org wrote: MA-built vs in-arch --- I guess an interesting question is 'what does the cross-compiler actually _use_ the foreign arch libc for'? Does it need its own

Bug#771070: requirements for cross toolchain packages in the distribution

2014-12-18 Thread Wookey
[Most of this was written a few weeks ago when this bug was first filed, but I didn't post it then as I wanted to get better docs on the compiler builds in place at https://wiki.debian.org/ToolChain/Cross so that the substantive argument was easier to follow for those not previously involved.

Bug#771070: requirements for cross toolchain packages in the distribution

2014-12-18 Thread Ben Longbons
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Wookey woo...@wookware.org wrote: MA-built vs in-arch --- I guess an interesting question is 'what does the cross-compiler actually _use_ the foreign arch libc for'? Does it need its own independent copy? What happens when the compiler

Bug#771070: requirements for cross toolchain packages in the distribution

2014-11-26 Thread Matthias Klose
Package: tech-ctte Recently some crippled cross toolchain packages were uploaded to Debian unstable, without having any consent with the Debian GCC maintainers, nor announcing these packages anywhere. Maintained by a single person, not even trying to form a maintainer group, and downgrading bug