Karsten Merker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 06:58:50PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Peter 'p2' De Schrijver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > A much faster solution would be to use distcc or scratchbox for > > > crosscompiling. > > > > Debian packages cannot be reliably built with a cross-compiler, > > because they very frequently need to execute the compiled binaries as > > well as just compile them. > > I suppose the idea is to use distcc and a crosscompiler - that way > the .c files are compiled to .o on a fast architecture with a > crosscompiler, but the configure scripts, linker and so on run natively.
Right, but upstream makefiles don't work this way, and often interleave compilation and execution of native code. Consider a program that has its own source-code-building widget, which it needs to compile and run to generate more code to compile. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
