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doc: Augment the "Porting" section. 

Reported by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>.

* doc/guix.texi (Porting): Document needed changes to (gnu packages
  bootstrap) and (gnu packages linux).
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Ludovic Courtès 2013-10-28 22:59:57 +01:00
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guix build --target=armv5tel-linux-gnueabi bootstrap-tarballs guix build --target=armv5tel-linux-gnueabi bootstrap-tarballs
@end example @end example
Once these are built, the @code{(gnu packages bootstrap)} module needs
to be updated to refer to these binaries on the target platform. In
addition, the @code{glibc-dynamic-linker} procedure in that module must
be augmented to return the right file name for libc's dynamic linker on
that platform; likewise, @code{system->linux-architecture} in @code{(gnu
packages linux)} must be taught about the new platform.
In practice, there may be some complications. First, it may be that the In practice, there may be some complications. First, it may be that the
extended GNU triplet that specifies an ABI (like the @code{eabi} suffix extended GNU triplet that specifies an ABI (like the @code{eabi} suffix
above) is not recognized by all the GNU tools. Typically, glibc above) is not recognized by all the GNU tools. Typically, glibc