On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Markus W Kilbinger wrote:

:     Todd> No, USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN isn't even intended to be set by hand
:     Todd> at all. It is supposed to be set by a directive at the
:     Todd> top-level build, where a `bootstrap' toolchain will be built
:     Todd> (using the gnu/dist/toolchain "GNU configure" mechanism) and
:     Todd> used to build the rest of the tree.
:
: How to direct 'make build' to use the old egcs etc. or the new
: toolchain then?

You don't.  The choice will be made for you (as egcs will be phased out
permanently).

: ... and how in case of cross-compiling?

I'm preparing a document to describe how to do this.

: So, when the in-tree build of .../toolchain is available, 'make build'
: will yield the compiled toolchain binaries under
: /usr/{bin,lib,libexec}? (So I get rid of this problem...)

Yes.

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