[Buildroot] [PATCH 6/6] documentation: mention we can't use the distro toolchain as external
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Sun Jan 30 14:37:50 UTC 2011
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
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docs/buildroot.html | 9 +++++++++
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diff --git a/docs/buildroot.html b/docs/buildroot.html
index 04cbe67..6abffb6 100644
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@@ -776,6 +776,15 @@ $(ZLIB_DIR)/libz.a: $(ZLIB_DIR)/.configured
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+ <p>We also do not support using the distribution toolchain (i.e
+ the gcc/binutils/C library installed by your distribution) as the
+ toolchain to build software for the target. This is because your
+ distribution toolchain is not a "pure" toolchain (i.e only with
+ the C/C++ library), so we cannot import it properly into the
+ Buildroot build environment. So even if you are building a system
+ for a x86 or x86_64 target, you have to generate a
+ cross-compilation toolchain with Buildroot or Crosstool-NG.</p>
+
<h2 id="add_packages">Adding new packages to Buildroot</h2>
<p>This section covers how new packages (userspace libraries or
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