"Paul Edwards" <mutazi...@gmail.com> writes: >> the gcc build system working. Trying to bootstrap gcc there seems >> like a lot >> of pain for no real benefit. > > The effort is mostly in the Canadian Cross. The changes to get it to > bootstrap from that point are relatively small.
I think you are underestimating the work involved. Many years ago now, when Steve Chamberlain started porting the GNU tools to bootstrap on Windows, he realized that the best approach was to write (what is now known as) cygwin. It may sound crazy now, but bringing the Unix environment to yours is doable, and it has many ancillary benefits. Ian
