Extra(?) tools

[Joel Sherrill]

Thomas Doerfler wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> AFAIK these tools like ./i386-rtems/bin/as are identical to
> i386-rtems-as, so you can see them as sort of an alias. 

Exactly.

> I don't know whether they are acutally used in the standard
> RTEMS build process.

They are used all the time implicitly by gcc.  That is where it
expects to find the as and ld for the target.  Add a -v on any
gcc invocation and watch where it goes.  I saw this as a piece:

 /opt/rtems/lib/gcc-lib/i386-rtems/3.2/../../../../i386-rtems/bin/as -o
o-optimize/init.o

It also shows the specs processing and include path.  When
linking an executable, shows the ld invocation.  Really helpful.

> wkr,
>         Thomas Doerfler.
> 
> > U ytkownik Chris Johns <cjohns at cybertec.com.au> napisa :
> > >gregmatu at poczta.onet.pl wrote:
> > >> Hi all
> > >>
> > >> I have question, perhaps stupid, but sorry I'm novice.
> > >>
> > >> I installed ready packages of gcc and binutils grabbed from oarcorp
> > >> for 4.5.0 release.
> > >> And in directry /usr/local/bin exist tools like
> > >> i386-rtems-(ar, as etc..) on my FreeBSD.
> > >>
> > >> Question:
> > >> What is purpose of tools in /usr/local/i386-rtems/bin/ directory?
> > >> Tools like ar, as, gcc etc.
> > >>
> > >
> > >Did you build the tools from source ?
> > >
> >
> > No, i used packages which I downloaded from oarcorp. This packages was for 4.5.0 release.
> >
> > Gregory Matus
> > mailto: gregmatu at poczta.onet.pl
> 
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