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Linux toolchain build requires a case-sensitive filesystem. #529

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Expand Up @@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ is OK to build one newlib and one linux toolchain with the same prefix.
But you should avoid building two newlib or two linux toolchains with
the same prefix.

If building a linux toolchain on a MacOS system, or on a Windows system
using the Linux subsystem or cygwin, you must ensure that the filesystem
is case-sensitive. A build on a case-insensitive filesystem will fail when
building glibc because \*.os and \*.oS files will clobber each other during
the build eventually resulting in confusing link errors.

### Advanced Options

There are a number of additional options that may be passed to
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