Subject: Re: crosscompiling a Linux binary on NetBSD
To: Brook Milligan <brook@biology.nmsu.edu>
From: Brian de Alwis <bsd@cs.ubc.ca>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/27/2007 14:18:11
An alternative is to install wip/suse100_devel. The toolset is in
/usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/bin/. There's also wip/suse100_gdb, which
kinda works.
Brian.
On 2007.08.27 12:19:55 -0600, Brook Milligan wrote:
> I need to compile a program on my NetBSD boxes that will link against
> a Linux library, which is only available in binary form. I am
> guessing that I need to compile the entire program (i.e., my own part
> of the code) as a Linux binary, but would welcome information on how
> to do otherwise.
>
> In order to build a Linux binary on a NetBSD box, I presume I need to
> arrange for gcc to cross-compile somehow. Does anyone have clear
> pointers for how to accomplish that successfully?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Cheers,
> Brook
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