Re: Lua as a scripting language in NetBSD

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 05:50:29PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> >> If people want it they can use it from pkgsrc.
> > You stanza "If people want it they can use it from pkgsrc" is wrong.
> > Lua is a language to be embedded.  If I want it in my software, it
> > has to be in base.
> 
> Is this because your software will be in base, or is it because you
> refuse to use pkgsrc - or refuse to use anything not in base - for some
> other reason?

pkgsrc is not suitable for embedded systems -- it cannot be cross compiled,
despite years of effort to the contrary.

Thor