Matthias Klose wrote: > Josh Triplett writes: >> Package: gcc-multilib >> Version: 4:4.1.2-3 >> Severity: wishlist >> >> Could gcc-multilib provide an arch-gcc binary for the multilib architecture? >> For instance, i486-linux-gnu-gcc on x86_64? > > is there a concrete use case?
Several. First, in some cases you can more easily specify a compiler binary than alternate flags. Such cases include software with makefiles that (brokenly) override CFLAGS, or that allow a user-specified CFLAGS to override their own CFLAGS and break things. Second, it would allow uniformity between cross-compilers and biarch compilers. This would make it easier to tell a configure script to target the alternate architecture. It would also help when trying to use distcc across machines of various architectures. - Josh Triplett
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