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Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 16:55:36 -0500
From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
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Subject: Re: Question about "native" compiling
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Bruce_Leonard@selinc.com wrote:
> If we do our compiles on a G5 is it really a 'native' compile or is
> it a cross-compile and we're back in the same boat as we were with
> the x86?  Should we use a G4 instead?

You can run 32-bit userspace on a G5 -- it's probably even the default 
in most distributions.

-Scott