Comment by msm_
2 years ago
If I remember correctly, this tiny binary is used to (reproducibly) bootstrap the next binary, which bootstraps the next binary, until eventually GCC can be compiled (and compile other software).
2 years ago
If I remember correctly, this tiny binary is used to (reproducibly) bootstrap the next binary, which bootstraps the next binary, until eventually GCC can be compiled (and compile other software).
The bootstrap chain is https://github.com/oriansj/stage0-posix-x86/blob/e86bf7d304b...