Subject: Re: bug#48913: i686-linux-gnu cross-compiler cannot find libgcc_s [core-updates]
From: Maxime Devos <[email-masked]>
To: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2021 15:40:21 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Ludovic Courtès schreef op vr 18-06-2021 om 11:32 [+0200]:
> Hi,
> 
> Maxime Devos <[email-masked]> skribis:
> 
> >   ./pre-inst-env guix build --target=i686-linux-gnu hello --keep-failed
> 
> “i686-linux-gnu” is not among the supported cross-compilation triplets,
> which are roughly those that appears in (@ (gnu ci) %cross-targets).
> 
> It’s rarely useful to cross-compile to i686-linux-gnu because you can
> just build natively on an x86_64-linux-gnu machine:
> 
>   guix build -s i686-linux hello
> 
> All this to say, I don’t think we should spend energy on the
> i686-linux-gnu cross toolchain.
>
> WDYT?

Agreed, closing.  Though if someone has the same issue when building
a cross-compiler from, say, aarch64 to i686, then I'd recommend reopening
it.

Greetings,
Maxime.