TOOLCHAIN-FUNCS.ECLASS

NAME

toolchain-funcs - functions to get commonly needed info about the toolchain (binutils/gcc/glibc/etc...)

DESCRIPTION

The toolchain-funcs eclass contains a suite of functions that are used to glean information about the toolchain that is used to compile. This allows developers to worry about gcc specs rather than figuring out how to find the specs in the first place.

FUNCTIONS

tc-getAR: Returns the name of the binutils archiver. Usually 'ar'.
tc-getAS: Returns the name of the assembler. Usually 'as'.
tc-getBUILD_CC: Returns the name of the compiler for the build system. Useful only when you have to compile and run a utility while building the package.
tc-getCC: Returns the name of the C compiler binary. Usually 'gcc'.
tc-getCXX: Returns the name of the C++ compiler binary. Usually 'g++'.
tc-getLD: Returns the name of the linker. Usually 'ld'.
tc-getNM: Returns the name of the symbol/object thingy. Usually 'nm'.
tc-getRANLIB: Returns the name of the archiver indexer. Usually 'ranlib'.
gcc-fullversion: Returns the version as by `$CC -dumpversion`.
GCC 2.95.3 will return 2.95.3
GCC 3.2.1 will return 3.2.1
gcc-version: Returns the version, but only the <major>.<minor>.
GCC 2.95.3 will return 2.95
GCC 3.2.1 will return 3.2
gcc-major-version: Returns the Major version.
GCC 2.95.3 will return 2
GCC 3.2.1 will return 3
gcc-minor-version: Returns the Minor version.
GCC 2.95.3 will return 95
GCC 3.2.1 will return 2
gcc-micro-version: Returns the Micro version.
GCC 2.95.3 will return 3
GCC 3.2.1 will return 1

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs via http://bugs.gentoo.org/

FILES

/usr/portage/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass

AUTHORS

Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>

CVS HEADER

$Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/portage/man/toolchain-funcs.eclass.5,v 1.1 2004/10/21 00:56:56 vapier Exp $