Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:32:19 +1100 From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: Lyndon Griffin <lgriffin@bsd4us.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Curious (cross-compiler) Message-ID: <20000124193218.A4172@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.10.10001201857320.24967-100000@ns.bsd4us.org>; from Lyndon Griffin on Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 06:59:50PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSO.4.10.10001201857320.24967-100000@ns.bsd4us.org>
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 06:59:50PM -0500, Lyndon Griffin wrote: > My thinking may be *really* screwy here, and - if so - I hope somebody > will step forward to correct me. > > What is the purpose of building a cross-compiler if we have a running OS > on the target platform? Wouldn't it be simpler to just build everything > on the target platform using the existing OS? Try compiling FreeBSD/i386 sources on a non-FreeBSD/i386 system and you will understand why. The compiler you use "knows" about the system it is compiling for. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ john.birrell@cai.com john.birrell@opendirectory.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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