Changeset f8e4cf6

Timestamp:

10/31/2022 11:30:09 PM (18 months ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib

Children:

8c586d2

Parents:

1a76da0 (diff), 61f8251 (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
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Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

File:

• part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml

@@ -254 +254 @@
     functionality of libgcc.</para>
 
-    <para>The upshot of the preceding
-    paragraph is that cc1 is unable to build a fully functional libstdc++, but
-    this is the only compiler available for building the C/C++ libraries
+    <para>The upshot of the preceding paragraph is that cc1 is unable to
+    build a fully functional libstdc++ with the degraded libgcc, but cc1
+    is the only compiler available for building the C/C++ libraries
     during stage 2. Of course, the compiler built by stage 2, cc-lfs,
     would be able to build those libraries, but:</para>
@@ -279 +279 @@
     </itemizedlist>
 
-    <para>So we have to re-build libstdc++ later as a part of gcc stage 2.</para>
+    <para>So when we build gcc stage 2, we instruct the building system to
+    rebuild libgcc and libstdc++ with cc1, but link libstdc++ to the newly
+    rebuilt libgcc instead of the degraded build.  Then the rebuilt
+    libstdc++ will be fully functional.</para>
 
     <para>In &ch-final; (or <quote>stage 3</quote>), all the packages needed for