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rewrite a bit, add some clarifications

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Armijn Hemel 2005-12-06 18:08:57 +00:00
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@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ Only C is used, because for other languages (such as C++) extra libraries
need to be compiled, for which libraries compiled for the target system
are needed.
There is a bit of evilness going on. The cross compiled utilities need
to be either copied to or be linked from the output tree of the compiler.
(Is this really true? Back this up with arguments! -- AH)
Symbolic links are not something we want inside the Nix store.
---
{ stdenv, fetchurl, noSysDirs
, langC ? true, langCC ? true, langF77 ? false
@ -260,6 +266,8 @@ postInstall() {
genericBuild
---
This is enough to compile a C library. In our case we take uClibc. It's
intended to be a small sized replacement for glibc. It is widely used in
embedded environments.
Step 4: build a C library for the target platform.
The previous steps are enough to compile a C library. In our case we take
uClibc. It's intended to be a small sized replacement for glibc. It is widely
used in embedded environments.