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Date:      Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:42:22 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Chris BeHanna <chris@pennasoft.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cross-build ports from stable box?
Message-ID:  <20030208074222.GA25594@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200302080232.54550.chris@pennasoft.com>
References:  <200302080232.54550.chris@pennasoft.com>

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On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:32:54AM -0500, Chris BeHanna wrote:
>     The hard drive on my laptop died, which I took as a sign to bite
> the bullet and install -current (and pick up cardbus support for my
> spiffy new wireless card in the process).
>=20
>     The laptop is a PIII-500.  My workstation is a 1.3GHz T-bird, but
> it needs to stay -stable, as it's the home office workhorse
> (fileserver, SAMBA, print spooler, mail server, and firewall).
>=20
>     Is there any way that I can build ports on the fast -STABLE box
> using a -CURRENT cross-environment?

Not really..a number of -current binaries use syscalls that are not
present in 4.x.

What should work is using distcc with the gcc32 port on your stable
box.  distcc is quite remarkable.

Kris


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