Entware - native compilation: pros and cons

I have built gcc (4.8.5) package for arm and intel feeds. It has some limitations and problems. I have successfully used it to build missing perl and python modules, that require compilation. We decided that mipsel platform is not powerfull enough for gcc - but my tests show that if you have 128MB of RAM gcc is quite usable.

The main problem is - there are no dev packages in openwrt and entware. I have uploaded all headers to keep gcc usage simple:...

Entware - native compilation: pros and cons