Subject: Re: packages and Cross compiling ?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
List: current-users
Date: 01/02/2002 17:50:23
In article <JBENJGOKMOHFGIOPIPCAOEOGCAAA.JanVG@knoware.nl>,
"Jan H. van Gils" <JanVG@Knoware.NL> writes:
> Where can I find information on how to build packages when I use
> the cross compiler enviroment ?
Cross compiling is not supported and probably never will be because there
are too many problems in the build infra structure of the third party
software. Many, many GNU "configure" programs e.g. compile and run small
test programs which will fail in a cross building environment.
Kind regards
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Matthias Scheler http://scheler.de/~matthias/