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Date:      Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:47:32 -0700
From:      James Harrison <oscartheduck@gmail.com>
To:        oklahoma <stopeme@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, Arnold Robbins <arnold.robbins@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: cross compiling for freebsd from windows?
Message-ID:  <3564069F-2FA3-44BC-B7E2-BBC50E576E08@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B27B5AF.1010304@gmail.com>
References:  <8050e5fe0912150140p22fff6bfh9960b44a4436801b@mail.gmail.com> <4B27B5AF.1010304@gmail.com>

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On Dec 15, 2009, at 9:13 AM 12/15/09, oklahoma wrote:

> Arnold Robbins wrote:
>> Hi.
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Has anyone set up cross-compilers / cross-debuggers on Windows =
(including
>> using Cygwin) to compile applications for FreeBSD and debug them from
>> Windows? If so, can you please send me any information, links, etc.?
> why the effort of making cross compiling tools ? if one need to =
develop application for given operating system,
> isn't more convenient to use the os as primary incubator for that =
software? + using virtualization is giving you false
> idea of how your app and underline os perform and interact with each =
other.

Seriously? What's your idea of the issue with virtualisation? I don't =
understand. I always thought that you were just getting an installation, =
but using a software hypervisor instead of bare metal.


> take spare machine install needed version of freebsd
> using handbook and online how-to's on how to configure ssh and log in =
from your windows machine if you don't have the skills
> to manage sole freebsd machine as both desktop and develop =
environment. thus you have box to torture and you already have
> compiler, debugger et cetera...
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