Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 11:19:47 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: GNU binutils port Message-ID: <199604081719.LAA26093@rover.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 08 Apr 1996 08:49:34 EDT
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: As you noticed, cross building is a legitimate reason for wanting : both gcc and binutils to compile on FreeBSD. gcc builds out of the box for cross compiling on FreeSBD. Since the ports are designed to have just a make done and it works, there is no need to have gcc as a port. The reason being that you must do some manual configuration before the cross compilation will work. I thought thte whole point of doing a "port" was to eliminate that. Also, building a cross compiler can still be a bit of a black art. It is best done by hand because there are a number of niggling little logistical issues that trip up people in the process. I think that I must be missing something here... Warner
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