> On Feb 3, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Mark T 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 > wrote: > > On 3 February 2016 at 15:07, Mark T > 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