Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 12:45:55 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Paolo Di Francesco <paipai@tin.it>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Ultra] Compiler, again Message-ID: <19981128124555.F6182@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19981128020141.ELI5035.fep03-svc@winworkstation>; from Paolo Di Francesco on Sat, Nov 28, 1998 at 03:04:05AM %2B0000 References: <19981128011428.BZH5035.fep03-svc@winworkstation>; <19981128120008.W468@freebie.lemis.com> <19981128020141.ELI5035.fep03-svc@winworkstation>
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On Saturday, 28 November 1998 at 3:04:05 +0000, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: > >> Greg Lehey wrote >> >> I inserted the line above myself. It would be helpful if you got your >> mailer to do it for you. > > I don't know if it can do it. I didn't think it was so important. 8( I'm sure it can be. It's very important to keep track of who said what when things get nested 10 deep. >>> I don't know which are the tecnical problems when you compile a >>> cross-compiler. For the compiler part (use Solaris+gccX.Y) I don't >>> think we have many prob. >> >> I don't think we would use the standard compiler as a cross-compiler. >> That should probably stay in the ports collection. > > I don't understand this. Can you be more explicit on this? 8) The source tree structure carries a few assumptions, one of which is that you're performing a native compile. Sure, it's a good idea to be able to cross-compile, but on the current and likely future platforms that FreeBSD might be ported to, it's not likely to become the rule. >> Yes, gcc can be compiled as a cross-compiler. > > In the weekend I'll try to do it, so I will be able to illustrate > _if_ I was able to do it , and if not "why and where" I encountered > problems. 8) You'll encounter problems, as John B. predicted. If you want, send me a message offline when you do, and I'll see if I can help. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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