On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 08:09:38PM +0100, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote: > > devel/arm-elf/gcc has been marked as broken almost three years ago, > devel/arm-elf/newlib depends on it. I doubt that gdb and binutils alone > are useful, especially since the ARM ecosystem moved to a newer ABI. > > ok to remove? Working with microprocessors without a compiler is certainly annoying. as and ld are useful though when preparing things for the lab and stepping through code with gdb is required all the time so having those tools around can definitely be worth it.
But in the end it's still an incomplete toolchain which forces you onto other platforms one way or another, so I don't object to remove it even though I'm using it.
