re: Host requirements to build the Tools binaries

can you show me what fails for you?  it works on netbsd for:

space-bird src/tools/gmake> /var/obj/amd64-x86_64/usr/src/tooldir/bin/nbmake-amd64 HOST_CC=/usr/pkg/gcc14/bin/gcc dependall
[ ... ]
space-bird src/tools/gmake> /var/obj/amd64-x86_64/usr/src/tooldir/bin/nbmake-amd64 HOST_CC=/usr/pkg/gcc14/bin/gcc install
[ ... ]
space-bird src/tools/gmake> strings /var/obj/amd64-x86_64/usr/src/tooldir/bin/nbgmake | grep GCC
GCC: (NetBSD nb1 20230729) 12.3.0
GCC: (GNU) 14.1.0

(the 12.3.0 refs are likely from libgcc or or so, ths hosts's
userland is a little older, hence 12.3 not 12.4.)


.mrg.