On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com> wrote: > Terry Guo <flame...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I plan to set up daily regression test on trunk for target >> ARM-NONE-EABI and post results to gcc-testresults mailing list. Which >> Binutils should I use, the Binutils trunk or the latest released >> Binutils? And which way is recommended, building from a combined tree >> or building separately? If there is something I should pay attention >> to, please let me know. Thanks very much. > > For gcc testing, the latest released binutils is normally fine. You > should only move to binutils trunk if there is some specific bug you > need to work around temporarily. > > I personally would recommend building binutils separately. If you > choose to build a combined tree, then you should ignore the previous > paragraph and always use binutils trunk. For a combined tree you should > always use sources from the same development date, so using gcc trunk > implies using binutils trunk. > > Ian Combined build with latest gcc and binutils trunk has the advantage of monitoring both trunks. I'd prefer this approach.
- Joey
