Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] gnu: Add arm-none-eabi-gcc-6 and patches.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Hi Theodoros,

> * gnu/packages/embedded.scm (gcc-arm-none-eabi-6): New variable.
> * gnu/packages/patches/gcc-arm-none-eabi-multilib.patch : New file.
> * gnu/packages/patches/gcc-6-cross-environment-variables.patch : New file.

[…]

> diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gcc-6-arm-none-eabi-multilib.patch 
> b/gnu/packages/patches/gcc-6-arm-none-eabi-multilib.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..442f52b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gcc-6-arm-none-eabi-multilib.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
> +From Anatol Pomozov <address@hidden>
> +Taken from Arch Linux arm-none-eabi-gcc package.
> +
> +Modified version of ARM patch 
> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2012-05/msg00083/enable-with-multilib-list-for-arm.patch
> +

I’m not sure I understand what this patch does.  Could you please
provide an explanation why this patch is needed?  We usually add short
explanations to the top of each patch.

(No need to resend the patch set; I can add it myself.)

Thanks!

~~ Ricardo