Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:28:23 +0200 From: =?utf-8?q?mayuresh=40kathe=2Ein?= <mayuresh@kathe.in> To: "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: =?utf-8?q?Re=3A?= Possible to compile tree on a different =?utf-8?q?OS=3F?= Message-ID: <581-5ee87480-29-5e63d300@42519970> In-Reply-To: <20200616090259.0d5f0f1e@archlinux>
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On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 12:32 PM IST, Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@rise= up.net> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:20:57 +0200, mayuresh@kathe.in wrote: > >On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:42 AM IST, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:16:37 +0200, mayuresh@kathe.in wrote: > >> >The NetBSD folks have mechanisms in place to allow compiling > >> >(including cross-compiling) their entire (or partial) source tree= > >> >under a different operating system. Eg. I can download and compil= e > >> >the NetBSD source tree under a Ubuntu system using GNU build tool= s. > >> > > >> >Does FreeBSD have such facilities in place too? > >> > >> By googling I couldn't find a script such as > >> https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-build.html , but a howto= > >> > >> https://marcelog.github.io/articles/cross=5Ffreebsd=5Fcompiler=5Fi= n=5Flinux.html > >> > >You have not understood my requirement. > >I want to download the latest FreeBSD source tree on my machine > >running native Ubuntu only and compile that source tree. As an examp= le > >of what's possible under NetBSD, read the snippet (below) from the > >NetBSD mailing list. > > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D NetBSD mailing list snippet =3D=3D=3D=3D > >as per martin husemann <martin@duskware.de> > > > >cd $(top-dir-where-you-put-the-netsbd-tree) > >./build.sh -m evbarm64-el tools kernel=3DMYKERNEL > >[snip] > > The first link I posted is about build.sh, so I seemingly > understand quite good what you want. You don't understand my reply. > Likely (I can't say for sure) FreeBSD doesn't provide a script > comparable to NetBSD's build.sh, at least I had no success when > googling. The second link posted by me is a tutorial on how to set up= > "a cross compiler (gcc) for freebsd under linux", which is a starting= > point, an alternative to a script that automagically sets up > "everything". Okay, now I got it, so there's no automagic solution ready for use yet.= Thanks, ~Mayuresh
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