[Clfs-support] a strategy question

[code monkey]

>
> The host system might be a problem. I currently run Arch, and I'm in the
> process of changing to Slackware. Both have toolchains that are newer than the
> recommended versions...
>
> TIA
>
> Jorge Almeida


I can't answer the eglibc static question but I can say that in my
experience, newer tools chains usually work.   Sometimes you have to
tweak -Werror flags to get it to build with the newer tools (since
newer tools sometimes find new warnings...) but that is the only
problem that I have run into.