Re: Questions on cross compiling Linux host, PPC target.

• Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 21:25:55 -0600
• From:
  "Robert J. Brown" <rj@eli.wariat.org>
• Reply-To:
  "Robert J. Brown" <rj@eli.wariat.org>
• CC: mikemcquade@connect.com, crossgcc@cygnus.com
• In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961119072204.130A-100000@moshpit.air.net.au> (message from Timothy Potter on Tue, 19 Nov 1996 07:23:28 +1100 (EST))

>>>>> "Timothy" == Timothy Potter <timbo@moshpit.air.net.au> writes:

    Timothy> On Sun, 17 Nov 1996 mikemcquade@connect.com wrote: [...]

    >> Id like to build a Linux hosted PowerPC compiler, is it
    >> possible that I can re-name all of the PowerPC specific tools ?
    >> 
    >> I want to keep all of the existing tools GCC GAS LD etc, and
    >> have all of the PowerPC tools named something else, like
    >> ppcgcc, ppcgas, ppcld etc...

    Timothy> When you build the compiler and tools you'll end up with
    Timothy> executables named powerpc-unknown-elf-gcc or something
    Timothy> similar.  It's perfectly OK to rename these to something
    Timothy> more useful like, as you suggest, ppcgcc and friends.

A more useful strategy would be to set symlinks to them with the
desired names.  This way other utilities would still find these tools by the conventional names.

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