Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 13:18:06 +1100 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: paipai@tin.it, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Ultra] Compiler, again Message-ID: <199811280218.NAA24051@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19981128120008.W468@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Nov 28, 98 12:00:08 pm"
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Greg Lehey wrote: > >> There are other messages which suggest that the future is now. I > >> can't see any reason not to move to 2.8.x if that's what it takes. By > >> the time the Sparc port gets merged into the main source tree, the > >> other platforms will probably support it too. In the meantime you > >> could use the version in ports. > > > > Yes, if there are no tecnical or political problems we can use it. I don't know > > if we can use it as crosscompiler, but we can try. > > Yes, gcc can be compiled as a cross-compiler. [ Comments not intended specifically for Greg - I just picked his mail to reply to. 8-) ] Last time I tried building a 64-bit (alpha) cross-compiler on a 32-bit (i386) system, I couldn't get it to compile. I may not have configured the thing properly, so YMMV, but it is worth checking the gcc or egcs configure scripts to see if Cygnus have support for the host/target combination you require. At a guess I'd say that unless there is a Linux/i386 hosted option for the sparc64, then it's unlikely to work out-of-the-box. Last time I asked about 2.8.X, I concluded that there was sufficient support for that to go into the tree after 3.0. So that means _now_. I bet gmake will never go into the tree! Expending any effort in that direction would be a waste of time. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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