Re: Android-like NetBSD

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Chris Hanson <cmhanson%eschatologist.net@localhost> writes:

> On Aug 5, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
>> 
>> As for 'external SDK', that would be "install some other OS and cross
>> build", but when you cross build for android or ios, you do that from a
>> system which is a full install.
>
> This isn’t the case for the Apple platforms; Xcode comes with
> sysroot-style SDKs for Apple’s platforms that contain only headers and
> stub libraries (these days in the form of .tbd files, previously in
> the form of stub Mach-O files) since those are all that are needed to
> build.

I meant that the host system that is doing the compilation is a full
normal system.

But interesting point about not having a proper destdir, and the
presence of stub libraries.


I don't really understand what Bruno is trying to do.