From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 7 23:42:25 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28A8A37B401 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:42:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-67-115-74-80.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.74.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63AA043F75 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:42:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C601167B88; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:42:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7B7A4E70; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:42:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:42:22 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Chris BeHanna Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cross-build ports from stable box? Message-ID: <20030208074222.GA25594@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <200302080232.54550.chris@pennasoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200302080232.54550.chris@pennasoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:32:54AM -0500, Chris BeHanna wrote: > The hard drive on my laptop died, which I took as a sign to bite > the bullet and install -current (and pick up cardbus support for my > spiffy new wireless card in the process). >=20 > The laptop is a PIII-500. My workstation is a 1.3GHz T-bird, but > it needs to stay -stable, as it's the home office workhorse > (fileserver, SAMBA, print spooler, mail server, and firewall). >=20 > Is there any way that I can build ports on the fast -STABLE box > using a -CURRENT cross-environment? Not really..a number of -current binaries use syscalls that are not present in 4.x. What should work is using distcc with the gcc32 port on your stable box. distcc is quite remarkable. Kris --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+RLTdWry0BWjoQKURAjwmAJ9Z4cUVKJ05OBWgMEJZspHqfFLlngCfY8yH urZyh+flqxMk6M6xYB3mr88= =CCBV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message