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From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
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Subject: Re: [head tinderbox] failure on powerpc/powerpc
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On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 06:53:40PM -0400, Super Bisquit wrote:
> Why does Tinderbox need cross tools? Is the build not native? If so, then
> the rationale would be to build on the architecture and not use cross
> compilation.

 - There are no powerpc machines currently online at *.FreeBSD.org.

 - The powerpc machines that we run on are far slower than the tinderbox
   machines.

 - Even if we had powerpc machines available, and could deal with the
   time-lag for world builds, what then about archs with no native
   machines available (e.g. MIPS)?

Cross compilation is needed in this case.

mcl