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Date:      Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:51:00 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6727@bellsouth.net>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: devel/cross-gcc and cross-binutils: how to set TGTARCH and TGTABI
Message-ID:  <20111008095102.8AA6F1065708@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20111007111323.0024ac12.stas@FreeBSD.org>

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> You cannot use this port to build toolchaing for compiling Linux and
> NetBSD applications.  This port creates toolchain using the newlib
> libc library, which is used by some embedded operating systems (e.g.
> rtems, ecos).  It can also be used to build bare-metal standalone
> applications.  Linux on the other hand is using glibc and NetBSD their
> own libc implementation, so this toolchain would not work.
         
> Stanislav Sedov

Thanks for clarification.  What you say was not obvious from the pkg-descr.

Now I will know one blind alley to avoid in cross-compiling for Linux and NetBSD.

Tom




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