On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 04:11:26PM -0800, Rob Thornton wrote: > GCC is used to build software. Correct. So, any software you compile on > your own system will work just fine. However, you are in essence, > compiling software on YOUR system (host) for ANOTHER system (target). > When compiling software with the host's gcc, that software will be > linked against the host's libraries. This pollutes the toolchain because > many of these links are hard-wired and can't be changed. So, when you > remove the host and move into the chroot'd environment or try to boot > the new system, you will run into all kinds of issues.
Yes, but the OP asks the interesting question: What if the host system is, say, lfs 6.1 and you want to build 6.4. Can Chapter 5 be skipped, and if not, then why not? scott swanson -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
