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+SUMMARY = "GNU cc and gcc C compilers"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/"
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "GPL"
+
+NATIVEDEPS = ""
+
+inherit autotools gettext texinfo
+
+BPN = "gcc"
+
+def get_gcc_float_setting(bb, d):
+    if d.getVar('ARMPKGSFX_EABI', True) == "hf" and d.getVar('TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH', True) == "arm":
+        return "--with-float=hard"
+    if d.getVar('TARGET_FPU', True) in [ 'soft' ]:
+        return "--with-float=soft"
+    if d.getVar('TARGET_FPU', True) in [ 'ppc-efd' ]:
+        return "--enable-e500_double"
+    return ""
+
+get_gcc_float_setting[vardepvalue] = "${@get_gcc_float_setting(bb, d)}"
+
+def get_gcc_mips_plt_setting(bb, d):
+    if d.getVar('TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH', True) in [ 'mips', 'mipsel' ] and bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'mplt', True, False, d):
+        return "--with-mips-plt"
+    return ""
+
+def get_long_double_setting(bb, d):
+    if d.getVar('TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH', True) in [ 'powerpc', 'powerpc64' ] and d.getVar('TCLIBC', True) in [ 'uclibc', 'glibc' ]:
+        return "--with-long-double-128"
+    return ""
+
+def get_gcc_multiarch_setting(bb, d):
+    target_arch = d.getVar('TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH', True)
+    multiarch_options = {
+        "i586":    "--enable-targets=all",
+        "i686":    "--enable-targets=all",
+        "powerpc": "--enable-targets=powerpc64",
+        "mips":    "--enable-targets=all",
+        "sparc":   "--enable-targets=all",
+    }
+
+    if bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'multiarch', True, False, d):
+        if target_arch in multiarch_options :
+            return multiarch_options[target_arch]
+    return ""
+
+# this is used by the multilib setup of gcc
+def get_tune_parameters(tune, d):
+    availtunes = d.getVar('AVAILTUNES', True)
+    if tune not in availtunes.split():
+        bb.error('The tune: %s is not one of the available tunes: %s', tune or None, availtunes)
+
+    localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
+    override = ':tune-' + tune
+    localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', localdata.getVar('OVERRIDES', False) + override)
+    bb.data.update_data(localdata)
+
+    retdict = {}
+    retdict['tune'] = tune
+    retdict['ccargs'] = localdata.getVar('TUNE_CCARGS', True)
+    retdict['features'] = localdata.getVar('TUNE_FEATURES', True)
+    # BASELIB is used by the multilib code to change library paths
+    retdict['baselib'] = localdata.getVar('BASE_LIB', True) or localdata.getVar('BASELIB', True)
+    retdict['arch'] = localdata.getVar('TUNE_ARCH', True)
+    retdict['abiextension'] = localdata.getVar('ABIEXTENSION', True)
+    retdict['target_fpu'] = localdata.getVar('TARGET_FPU', True)
+    retdict['pkgarch'] = localdata.getVar('TUNE_PKGARCH', True)
+    retdict['package_extra_archs'] = localdata.getVar('PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS', True)
+    return retdict
+
+get_tune_parameters[vardepsexclude] = "AVAILTUNES TUNE_CCARGS OVERRIDES TUNE_FEATURES BASE_LIB BASELIB TUNE_ARCH ABIEXTENSION TARGET_FPU TUNE_PKGARCH PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS"
+
+DEBIANNAME_${MLPREFIX}libgcc = "libgcc1"
+
+MIRRORS =+ "\
+${GNU_MIRROR}/gcc    ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/ \n \
+${GNU_MIRROR}/gcc	ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gcc/ \n \
+${GNU_MIRROR}/gcc	http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/gcc/releases/ \n \
+${GNU_MIRROR}/gcc   http://gcc.get-software.com/releases/ \n \
+${GNU_MIRROR}/gcc	http://gcc.get-software.com/releases/ \n \
+"
+#
+# Set some default values
+#
+gcclibdir = "${libdir}/gcc"
+BINV = "${PV}"
+#S = "${WORKDIR}/gcc-${PV}"
+S = "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/gcc-${PV}-${PR}/gcc-${PV}"
+B = "${WORKDIR}/gcc-${PV}/build.${HOST_SYS}.${TARGET_SYS}"
+
+target_includedir ?= "${includedir}"
+target_libdir ?= "${libdir}"
+target_base_libdir ?= "${base_libdir}"
+target_prefix ?= "${prefix}"
+
+# We need to ensure that for the shared work directory, the do_patch signatures match
+# The real WORKDIR location isn't a dependency for the shared workdir.
+src_patches[vardepsexclude] = "WORKDIR"
+should_apply[vardepsexclude] += "PN"