On 16 Oct 2020, at 16:16, Kyle Evans <kev...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Author: kevans > Date: Fri Oct 16 15:16:23 2020 > New Revision: 366766 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/366766 > > Log: > Makefile: add a small blurb about building with gcc xtoolchain > > The key details are to install the appropriate flavor of devel/freebsd-gcc9 > and pass CROSS_TOOLCHAIN while building. > > Suggested by: kib > > Modified: > head/Makefile > > Modified: head/Makefile > ============================================================================== > --- head/Makefile Fri Oct 16 14:28:13 2020 (r366765) > +++ head/Makefile Fri Oct 16 15:16:23 2020 (r366766) > @@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ > # 10. `reboot' > # 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore) > # > +# For individuals wanting to build from source with GCC from ports, first > build > +# or install an appropriate flavor of devel/freebsd-gcc9. The packages > produced > +# by this port are named "${TARGET_ARCH}-gcc9" -- note that not all > +# architectures supported by FreeBSD have an external gcc toolchain > available. > +# > +# Once the appropriate freebsd-gcc package is installed, simply pass > +# CROSS_TOOLCHAIN=${TARGET_ARCH}-gcc9 while building with the above steps, > +# e.g., `make buildworld CROSS_TOOLCHAIN=amd64-gcc9`.
Given GCC 10 is the latest GCC release so this is already a bit outdated (though perhaps GCC 9 is still the recommended version for FreeBSD now?), should this not avoid hard-coding a specific version and thus s/9/N/ (or X)? Jess _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
