Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:26:39 -0500 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: powerpc@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Tinderbox <tinderbox@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [head tinderbox] failure on powerpc/powerpc Message-ID: <20110809042639.GA20251@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOv%2Bv%2BtDs5ncMZSdFgBOD5YQ-wo8F6LX4kH=mYZ=JSMTmQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201108082102.p78L22jg075884@freebsd-current.sentex.ca> <CA%2BWntOv%2Bv%2BtDs5ncMZSdFgBOD5YQ-wo8F6LX4kH=mYZ=JSMTmQ@mail.gmail.com>
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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. mclhome | help
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