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<aggi>$ uname -a
<aggi>Linux node01 2.4.37.11 #1 Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -00 1970 i586
<aggi>$ tcc --version
<aggi>tcc version 0.9.28rc 2025-12-17 HEAD@34eed88a* (i386 Linux)
<aggi>$ gcc --version
<aggi>sh: gcc: not found
<aggi>gdb --version
<aggi>GNU gdb (GDB) 7.12.1
<aggi>^ this one wasn't easy
<aggi>perl, python, latest libssl, it's all there
<aggi>it's booting from some immutable ISO/root.squashfs easily
<aggi>fully source-based (and optional bootstrappable) workflow to produce such
<nikolar>wjy does gdb need ssl?
<nikolar>is it for debuginfo
<nikolar>i'd have guessed that that's a compile time option
<aggi>gdb does not need ssl, but many other packages do
<aggi>i've just ported everything to linux2/tinycc i could, including git for example, that needs ssl
<nikolar>oh you weren't talking about gdb when you were listing those
<nikolar>i misread :)
<aggi>i am talking about a _complete_ tinycc/linux driven distribution, as main candidate for a bootstrappable development host
<mwette>I think I made a lot of progress on reworked nyacc c preprocessor. Apparently, tcc uses a lot of cpp edge cases. Thanks for the notes on the cpp expansion.