LFS Toolchain

[Gerard Beekmans]

Hi,

I'm finding myself a little lost in the most recent discussion (subject 
"Adapting LFS SVN for multilib"). After a couple of tangents I think we 
can stand to take a few steps back and get back to the matter at hand.

Allow me to summarize what I think is going on. It'll likely help 
explain where I'm going wrong.

We essentially have three toolchain build methods that are being 
discussed and contested.

There's Greg's method he uses in the DIY project. There's Ryan's work 
that is used within the CLFS project. Then there's Jeremy H's work that 
went into the LFS book which, to me, seems to have ended up like a cross 
between the two.

Can somebody do me a favour and give me both a high overview and a 
detailed technical nitty-gritty overview of those three (are there 
more?) methods - how they compare to each other.

Everybody seems to think that there are various things wrong with each 
method. Of course the people who developed those methods have a personal 
stake in the matter so I have to take that into account as well.

It's obvious that each method has its own list of pros and cons. We all 
use the toolchains for different end results so I'm not sure we can say 
that one is all bad and one is all good. In every situation.

So, could somebody (or several folks) do up a comparison of the methods. 
This has gone on long enough and we have to decide on a path to follow.

Even if that path is wrong, we still need to choose something. We can 
back pedal later if we have to. At least we'll learn tons from the 
exercises either way, right?

Thanks,

Gerard