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From: "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: problems in compiling config tool
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>     I am a newbie to freebsd. I am learning freebsd
> from a linux box. I know config is one of the basic

1) Install freebsd on your hardware
2) cd /usr/src;
3) make kernel-toolchain TARGET_ARCH=3Dpowerpc

See build(7).

> FYI, I tried modifying the Makefile to take the
> include files from proper directories and not from
> /usr/include, but still its not working, I guess I am
> missing something.

You cannot cross-compile FreeBSD on a Linux based
distro (you didn't say which one), without a lot of work.

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