From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 28 07:03:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: small@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA8216C9E0; Sun, 28 May 2006 06:55:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6954943D53; Sun, 28 May 2006 06:55:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.village.org [IPv6:::1] (may be forged)) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4S6rv6P082558; Sun, 28 May 2006 00:53:57 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 00:53:59 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20060528.005359.1708682317.imp@bsdimp.com> To: ports@freebsd.org, small@freebsd.org From: "M. Warner Losh" X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Cross building ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-small@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 07:04:03 -0000 Greetings, Many moons ago, I took a look at the ports system and concluded that doing cross builds on ports would be difficult. However, I have a need now to build FreeBSD/arm ports on a FreeBSD/i386 or FreeBSD/amd64 box. Before I dive into this problem again, I thought I'd see if anybody can share their experiences and thoughts on the matter. Thanks much... Warner