Which patches should I use for binutils, gcc and newlib?

[Till Straumann]

Amalaye Oyake wrote:
> With some wheel spinning I was able to build everything and I am chugging
> happily along. I built the stuff by hand (which is usually my preferred
> way), because my host system is an 64bit x86 Ubuntu box ... 
>   
I love that - the counterpart of the famous 'I have a problem - please help'
posting: 'look - I have it working'...

T.
> As a Debian/Ubuntu person I used to be a bit biased against RPMs, but I have
> since discovered their usefulness (especially SRPMS).
>
> - AO
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtems-users-bounces+amalaye.oyake=jpl.nasa.gov at rtems.org
> [mailto:rtems-users-bounces+amalaye.oyake=jpl.nasa.gov at rtems.org] On Behalf
> Of Till Straumann
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:23 PM
> To: Joel Sherrill
> Cc: rtems-users at rtems.org
> Subject: Re: Which patches should I use for binutils, gcc and newlib?
>
>   
>> Amalaye Oyake wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am trying to build Binutils Gcc (4.1.1) and Newlib on a 64bit Xeon 
>>> host box running Ubuntu (64bit) ? my target system will be a i386 box. 
>>> What are the correct patches for Binutils, Gcc and Newlib? I see a lot 
>>> of /.diff/ files in http://www.rtems.com/ftp/pub/rtems/SOURCES/ that I 
>>> don?t know if I am to use all of them or just the latest one ?
>>>
>>>       
>> In general, it is always a single patch and choose the one with the 
>> latest date. That
>> may NOT be the case for specific CPUs which may not work with the latest 
>> version
>> of something or require a special patch.
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> Just for the record...
>   
>> For specific and absolutely correct information, check out
>>   
>>     
> I assume you mean to look in CVS. If I browse in cvsweb
> to [there is no 'rtems-XXX', just 'rtems']
>
> rtems/contrib/crossrpms/rtems4.7/<my_cpu>
>
> then I end up an the 'Attic' -- so much for 'absolutely correct information'
>
> ;-)
>
> It would help if the precise information about what toolkit and patch
> versions to use were available [or at least 'absolutely correct information'
> about where to find it]. Not everybody uses the pre-packaged RPMs.
>
> -- Till
>   
>> rtems-XXX/contrib/crossrpms/rtemsX.Y/CPU/*.add
>>
>> --joel
>>     
>>> Regards,
>>>
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