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merge-script fe5e2a6319 Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#32162: depends: Switch from multilib to platform-specific toolchains
de9b436ba3 depends: Switch from multilib to platform-specific toolchains (Hennadii Stepanov)

Pull request description:

  Using the multilib GCC toolchain, as currently documented in [`depends/README.md`](4c1906a500/depends/README.md), has several issues, such as:

  1. The [`g++-multilib`](https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/g++-multilib) package conflicts with platform-specific cross-compiler packages. This means it is not possible to cross compile for `i686` and other platforms using the same set of installed packages.

  2. The [`g++-multilib`](https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/g++-multilib) package is not available for `arm64`:
  ```sh
  $ sudo apt install g++-multilib
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree... Done
  Reading state information... Done
  E: Unable to locate package g++-multilib
  ```

  3. Managing the multilib GCC toolchain requires additional code in both depends and Guix scripts.

  This PR addresses all the issues mentioned above by switching from multilib to platform-specific toolchains.

  Also see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22456.

  ---

  Here are examples of building for different scenarions:

  - Linux, `x86_64` or `arm64`, building with depends natively:
  ```sh
  $ gmake -C depends -j $(nproc)
  $ cmake -B build --toolchain depends/$(./depends/config.sub $(./depends/config.guess))/toolchain.cmake
  $ cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
  ```

  - Linux, `x86_64` or `arm64`, cross compiling for `i686-pc-linux-gnu`:
  ```sh
  $ sudo apt install g++-i686-linux-gnu binutils-i686-linux-gnu
  $ export HOST=i686-linux-gnu
  $ gmake -C depends -j $(nproc)
  $ cmake -B build-${HOST} --toolchain depends/${HOST}/toolchain.cmake
  $ cmake --build build-${HOST} -j $(nproc)
  ```

  - Linux, `x86_64`, cross compiling for `arm64`:
  ```sh
  $ sudo apt install g++-aarch64-linux-gnu binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu
  $ export HOST=aarch64-linux-gnu
  $ gmake -C depends -j $(nproc)
  $ cmake -B build-${HOST} --toolchain depends/${HOST}/toolchain.cmake
  $ cmake --build build-${HOST} -j $(nproc)
  ```

  - Linux, `arm64`, cross compiling for `x86_64`:
  ```sh
  $ sudo apt install g++-x86-64-linux-gnu binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
  $ export HOST=x86_64-linux-gnu
  $ gmake -C depends -j $(nproc)
  $ cmake -B build-${HOST} --toolchain depends/${HOST}/toolchain.cmake
  $ cmake --build build-${HOST} -j $(nproc)
  ```

ACKs for top commit:
  fanquake:
    ACK de9b436ba3
  BrandonOdiwuor:
    ACK de9b436ba3

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