Howdy Janneke! Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org> skribis:
> Currently, we avoid using non-bootstrapped binaries in the bootstrap, > that includes 'xz'; earlier in the bootstrap that includes also 'patch'. > > See also gcc-core-mesboot0: it applies the patch in a manual phase. So > I'm not sure if we want to start depending on 'xz' an this stage? Probably not, good point! I can think of two possibilities, then: (1) apply the patch in a phase rather than via the ‘patches’ field, and (2) arrange so that ‘patch-and-repack’ does not compress the patched code or compresses it with the bootstrap gzip. My understanding is that #2 may be doable now thanks to Maxim’s recent changes. I’ll take a look! Thanks, Ludo’.
