> On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 04:28:49PM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > > Guess how many hours it takes for the m68k > > > buildd to rebuild kdegraphics..... OVER 38 HOURS! > > > > By the way, isn't it a good time to rise up a discussion about package > > cross-compiling infrastructure? > > Isn't it good idea to research first before rising discussion? Just > raising discussion without referring to any previous discussion about > a subject is very counterproductive, as it inevitably leads to > reitarating all the same arguments that where discussed last time.
Well, I just thought about cross compiling while readed the cited post :) > > It's of course possible to cross-compile single packages where you > > know that it works. But compiling *all* packages is a different thing. > > configure too often makes problem, besides Makefiles that never > > thought of cross-compiling... I've written not just "cross-compile", but "cross-compile infrastructure". To face the mentioned problem, there may be a "Cross-Compile-Possible:" field in control file that maintainer should set to "yes" if he claims that package may be cross-compiled. > If you want to be productive, how about setting a buildd and trying to > crosscompile the distribution and then post statsistics of > failed/succeeded crosscompilings? This is a good idea. Maybe I will try after my vacation. Is documentation/hints abould how to do it available anywhere?
