Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 06:23:25 +1100 From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cross compilation goals. Message-ID: <19991119062325.H13376@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3833EFE2.A6D975F2@scc.nl>; from Marcel Moolenaar on Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 01:24:02PM %2B0100 References: <19991117184034.A53402@dragon.nuxi.com>, <199911180559.WAA21245@harmony.village.org> <3833C40B.EC5290CF@scc.nl> <19991118212234.E13376@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> <3833EFE2.A6D975F2@scc.nl>
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On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 01:24:02PM +0100, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > I don't understand you. You duplicate the entire /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc > tree for each architecture you want to be able to build a cross-compiler > for and still claim you *avoid* bloat? It's only a very simple set of makefiles that are in separate directories so that an obj dir gets created when the code is built. > I don't think that's wise. We clearly have conflicting opinions on the > matter of how and where to provide cross-compilation toolsets. I want to > postpone that discussion until after we have secured our upgrade path. I'll come back next year then. > John, I think I understand your situation, at least I hope I do. Your > personal situation is just what it is: your personal situation. I must > admit, it really sound like a sub-optimal, hard-to-deal-with, > bloody-irritating and not-so-pleasant-at-all kind of situation. But (you > felt it coming :-), I don't think your situation is important enough to > others and FreeBSD at large that we should adopt FreeBSD to it. The best > thing we can do (IMO) is make your life easier by making ports of all > those tools so that you (and others) can install (and deinstall) them > with more ease than ever possible than if they were in the source tree. > What I'm saying is this: Don't let your personal situation > (frustration?) influence your good judgement. Sigh. Your mail is the first "resistance" I've had about doing this. It's not something that has just appeared over night. I can keep this stuff local, though. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ john.birrell@cai.com john.birrell@opendirectory.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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