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[Greg Schafer]

Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:

> An untested idea: build binutils-pass1 and gcc-pass1 as cross-tools (as 
> explained in CLFS), cross-compile glibc as explained in CLFS, build 
> native-to-new-glibc binutils and gcc using our cross-tools, and continue 
> with the "native" method. This way (if this happens to work), we won't 
> rely on compatibility of anything we build with the host's glibc, and 
> will still be able to use the advantage that we can run the compiled 
> binaries.

FWIW, If I were to design a pseudo-native build method based on cross
compilation that is exactly how I'd attempt to do it.

Regards
Greg
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