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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>2022-03-01 18:09:30 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>2022-03-02 18:02:07 +0800
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gcc-pass2: document *_FOR_TARGET parameters
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@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
<title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title><!-- WIP -->
<varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>-with-build-sysroot=$LFS</parameter></term>
+ <term><parameter>--with-build-sysroot=$LFS</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>Normally, using <parameter>--host</parameter> ensures that
a cross-compiler is used for building GCC, and that compiler knows
@@ -120,6 +120,33 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--target=$LFS_TGT</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>As we are cross-compiling GCC, it's impossible to build
+ target libraries (<filename class="libraryfile">libgcc</filename>
+ and <filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename>) with the
+ compiled GCC binaries because these binaries won't run on the
+ host distro. GCC building system will attempt to use the
+ C and C++ compilers on the host distro as a workaround by default.
+ It's not supported to build GCC target libraries with a different
+ version of GCC, so using host compilers may cause building
+ failure. This parameter ensures to build the libraries with GCC
+ pass 1 and prevent the issue.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=...</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Allow <filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename> to
+ use shared <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc</filename> being
+ built in this pass, instead of the static version built in GCC
+ pass 1. This is needed for supporting C++ exception
+ handling.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--enable-initfini-array</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This option is automatically enabled when building a native