From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Tue Mar 19 03:44:36 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1DE0153ECFE for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2019 03:44:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from damjan.jov@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ot1-x32e.google.com (mail-ot1-x32e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::32e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 596476A6D6; Tue, 19 Mar 2019 03:44:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from damjan.jov@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ot1-x32e.google.com with SMTP id e80so11329582ote.5; Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:44:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=6OkKR7rpshLUa8VDHfa5F3HP0DkE/hBsxg3+Uyk5DOc=; b=UMR4tsqS4A5++1dNbwlrofqsLKXRlVllu06cIDcc4Pdhokv5tNw8a73g45qdY7lm0o L10uWk68cBz8Ls9I7akitFxaTDfELAYVZaZdNEHDPUT6cZHmsuQuA1nwz++bq1vYeip4 ndAK8eitsXaSX0/yXThbe1qMHI5WIpoamVhJuhIevKXaZhJtX/YLDXh5z7VY2iOxcy+B S1kBLdwfeVSRJ/zRY5i+xI2yzRZsCfYJy6JhQSoPehmjRT8phWRjeEW+SLlgTemqtYsi mGLulAIwVjTKCbWWERjQsdC0XLQ9kD8b8fmgS3PCpcQcl7yNx03BKEUoCtLknoDpcGvv fCoA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=6OkKR7rpshLUa8VDHfa5F3HP0DkE/hBsxg3+Uyk5DOc=; b=W0P5eravI5NBUYu7KVS4DMkIimSFu8Y8vL7n9kAOUMtZCLsZ3s09z9UL6beadpvByV JIp5KXN53XDoNaOXCLgfBZ7vTaYLefVyVd0Y/ukx5yTBJmXn7vxwywX18Bux/Gs3CFGi o8JmTme3ysLavq47yjdba7qj0dxvtWFgFyrPulyylBUCSfxjUQY3IDSaPQNOwwAzZve0 Zl3+WxLzGIDHYYWvNAlyGWr67ZZO23GDJvMbDmg2zYPf+IxJm2TiePnA8SPgcix2dvOf XpJVI6RvfudKwEa4hkSCP1lH7IjlDAOFHuykJQCyxUGu7za5AYmSy45FP4/xqH76ONV2 JvMw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAV/9purZYLd4MOiBQJ0AFuLInTiDdgW2VHxMbcxJvyOXmdoxQEN VQLsQ9RQF2smMEBEjUKYTU8BFPPsfKigNaJ+CXvkhVfLDZI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzCuWSxE04X9EZFxAjJdC5T+ofbAgtNSUWK4oGfyEQQBjChwXhuZoOiHrSAdUwx/uag7YZpeivp0HfonCcs0Ws= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:6255:: with SMTP id i21mr201769otk.158.1552967073281; Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:44:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8BA3B71BA1BE4249A17369318459EC144F16ADB3@DAG.uvawise.edu> <9c1cf7c9-e2f1-ba2d-b6e8-c4b691b24c61@selasky.org> In-Reply-To: From: Damjan Jovanovic Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 05:43:42 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Building freebsd on another OS To: Eric Joyner Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 596476A6D6 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=UMR4tsqS; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of damjanjov@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::32e as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=damjanjov@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.06 / 15.00]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.29)[-0.290,0]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; IP_SCORE(-2.76)[ip: (-8.86), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-2.77), asn: 15169(-2.10), country: US(-0.07)]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[e.2.3.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 03:44:36 -0000 On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 2:04 AM Eric Joyner wrote: > On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 6:35 AM Hans Petter Selasky > wrote: > > > > > See the freebsd-build utils package for Linux. > > > > --HPS > > > > > Is there anything for Windows? > > > FreeBSD uses ELF binaries. Microsoft's compilers only generate PE binaries. Cygwin also generates PE binaries, optionally linked to its libraries. Mingw and mingw-w64, same story. You need some sort of cross-compiler that generates ELF binaries. That new "Windows Subsystem for Linux" (WSL) found on Windows 10 might be a good starting point, as it uses ELF binaries natively, and its C compiler (GCC?) presumably generates ELF.