crosstool-ng

[eryjus]

Hi,

While I know it has not been explicitly discouraged, is there some reason crosstool-ng is not recommended for building a cross-compiler? The web site is: http://crosstool-ng.github.io/

[dchapiesky]

my experience has been that I have specific work flow requirements for the order in which I build the cross compilers and libraries. When I tried to integrate crosstool-ng it just became a pain trying to get my requirements met... literally was easier to just use cmake.

others will probably disagree but there you have it.

[Solar]

While I know it has not been explicitly discouraged, is there some reason crosstool-ng is not recommended for building a cross-compiler?

Well, the instructions in the OSDev Wiki predate crosstool-ng (v0.0.1 released Apr 10, 2007) by a comfortable margin, and are known to work.

[Jezze]

I think it is an excellent toolchain and Ive used it to compile my os for a long time.

[Solar]

Not as long as I have been using the wiki instructions.

The other point is, while it would be OK to mention crosstool-ng in the Wiki, or even write an introduction on its use, replacing the existing instructions with those for a third-party tool would be suboptimal IMHO. It would mean that we would have to handle any issues encountered with present and future versions of crosstool-ng here in the forum. By not relying on crosstool-ng, we only have to handle problems with the cross-building process itself, and the occassional "why do I need a crosscompiler in the first place" question. I also think that the current way is more... instructive (no pun intended) as to what's really going on.

I don't say that these are "killer arguments", just that there are benefits to describing the "manual" path.

[dozniak]

I'm pretty sure that if you're able to undestand and execute manual instructions in the wiki you will be qualified to check and even perhaps fix any crosstool-ng issues.

The opposite is not true.

[eryjus]

replacing the existing instructions with those for a third-party tool would be suboptimal

I never intended to suggest that.

I also think that the current way is more... instructive (no pun intended) as to what's really going on.

I can also see the value of the "weed-out" instructions. That answer is good enough for me for why not to mention it.