> On Feb 3, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Mark T <mtl1nux...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks. That makes sense; all the cross compile tools are built using the > Host machines native toolchain on the host then the cross-toolchain used to > cross compile yocto for the target. > > > > On 3 February 2016 at 17:13, Burton, Ross <ross.bur...@intel.com > <mailto:ross.bur...@intel.com>> wrote: > > On 3 February 2016 at 15:07, Mark T <mtl1nux...@gmail.com > <mailto:mtl1nux...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I notice there is a meta/recipes-devtools - I assume this pulls in from > build/downloads - so gcc-5.2.0.tar.bz2 for example. Does the tool-chain > comprised of these recipes get built by /usr/bin/gcc before being used to > compile Yocto ? > > The host's gcc (typically /usr/bin/gcc) is used to build gcc-cross, which is > then used to compile everything that needs to be cross-compiled. We don't > build our own native compiler to replace the host compiler. >
you can always use build-appliance if you want to insulate from host dependencies. > Ross > > -- > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
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