From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 8 09:51:02 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AA6F1065708 for ; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:51:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6727@bellsouth.net) Received: from fmailhost06.isp.att.net (fmailhost06.isp.att.net [207.115.11.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A6D18FC0C for ; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:51:02 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:51:00 +0000 (GMT) X-Comment: Sending client does not conform to RFC822 minimum requirements X-Comment: Date has been added by Maillennium Received: from localhost (adsl-68-210-187-7.sdf.bellsouth.net[68.210.187.7]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc06) with SMTP id <20111008095059H0600a7jhde>; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:50:59 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [68.210.187.7] From: "Thomas Mueller" To: ports@freebsd.org References: <20111007111323.0024ac12.stas@FreeBSD.org> Message-Id: <20111008095102.8AA6F1065708@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: Subject: Re: devel/cross-gcc and cross-binutils: how to set TGTARCH and TGTABI X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:51:02 -0000 > You cannot use this port to build toolchaing for compiling Linux and > NetBSD applications. This port creates toolchain using the newlib > libc library, which is used by some embedded operating systems (e.g. > rtems, ecos). It can also be used to build bare-metal standalone > applications. Linux on the other hand is using glibc and NetBSD their > own libc implementation, so this toolchain would not work. > Stanislav Sedov Thanks for clarification. What you say was not obvious from the pkg-descr. Now I will know one blind alley to avoid in cross-compiling for Linux and NetBSD. Tom