Why use egcs instead of the gnu compiler proper?  Is there stuff in egcs
important to powerpc cross development that is not in gcc?  (I.e. bug fixes.)

At 08:19 PM 8/5/98 +0900, Kazuki Sakamoto wrote:
>In <Pine.A32.3.96.980804143751.26556F-100000@macro.stanford.edu>,
>skippy@macro.stanford.edu wrote:
>
> > Did something break in egcs-1.0.3? I got egcs-1.0.3a today, and have tried
> > a few powerpc targets. They don't seem to work..
>[...]
> > powerpc-netbsd, ppc-netbsd, and powerpc-elf-netbsd are all not ok too..
> > 
> > I looked through the configure files, and I don't see what I need to set.
> > :-(
>
>I think that the following patch is necessary to use egcs-1.0.3a
>for powerpc-netbsd.
>
>Well, I made package for NetBSD/powerpc cross compile env.
>ftp://www.cec.co.jp/usr/sakamoto/NetBSD/experiment/crossppc-1.1.tgz
>
>requirement:
>	binutils-2.9.1.tar.gz
>	egcs-1.0.3a.tar.gz
>	NetBSD source
>
>usage:
>	make OPTION install
>
>	OPTION:
>		TARGET_MACHINE=ofppc
>			ofppc or macppc or bebox.
>		ALLSRC=/usr/src
>			path of NetBSD source tree
>		TARGET_ROOT=/usr/tmp/root
>			DESTDIR
>
>	e.g.
>		# make PREFIX=/opt/PPC TARGET_MACHINE=macppc \
>		     ALLSRC=/usr/src.current \
>		     TARGET_ROOT=/opt/PPC/root install
>
>You can use "PREFIX/bin/ppc-make" script like "make" after the installation.
>
>Kazuki Sakamoto
>sakamoto@cec.co.jp
>
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