From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
To: Bill Gatliff <bgat@billgatliff.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@gmail.com>,
linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cross-compiling alternatives (was Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)...)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:31:55 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080612163155.GC9327@linux-sh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48514E9A.3080901@billgatliff.com>
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:28:10AM -0500, Bill Gatliff wrote:
> Guys:
>
> > If you opt to cross-compile, having to deal with those
> > sorts of things is the price you pay.
>
>
> If the build system derives from autoconf, then a hacked-up config.cache (or
> equivalent command-line args) often solves problems for me. Just give the cache
> the answers that it would otherwise have to get by running code on the target
> machine.
>
> That's how emdebian is doing a bunch of their stuff, and I have to admit that it
> works pretty darned well. It's also handy for configuration management, since
> the cache file itself is plaintext and therefore svn/git/bzr/cvs/...-friendly.
>
Yes, that's the easy case. It's things like perl that are the corner
cases, and my objection comes from the fact that people think we ought to
not have the kernel depend on perl rather than just fixing the package
itself. Autoconf/libtool damage is an entirely different problem :-)
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2008-05-28 21:52 ` [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s), linux-embedded@vger list Rob Landley
2008-06-09 21:27 ` Leon Woestenberg
2008-06-10 3:53 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-10 4:30 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-10 6:55 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-10 7:54 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-10 9:09 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-06-10 13:12 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-10 13:25 ` Will Newton
2008-06-10 13:33 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-10 13:47 ` Will Newton
2008-06-10 13:53 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-10 14:00 ` Grant Likely
2008-06-10 14:01 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-06-10 14:29 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-11 5:34 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-10 13:49 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-06-11 5:25 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-12 18:18 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-12 18:55 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-06-12 20:55 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-15 21:48 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-17 14:11 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-10 13:47 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-06-10 10:20 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-10 10:36 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-10 10:50 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-11 5:28 ` Paul Mundt
2008-06-10 17:36 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-11 3:35 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-11 5:47 ` Greg Ungerer
2008-06-12 0:41 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-12 7:55 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-12 15:23 ` cross-compiling alternatives (was Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)...) Tim Bird
2008-06-12 15:50 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-12 16:05 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-06-12 16:08 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-12 16:15 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-06-12 16:12 ` Robert P. J. Day
2008-06-13 0:25 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-13 1:22 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-06-13 6:55 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-13 15:06 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-13 7:04 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-13 15:02 ` linux-embedded-owner
2008-06-13 17:00 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-13 17:12 ` Bill Traynor
2008-06-13 18:44 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-13 18:55 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-13 19:00 ` Bill Traynor
2008-06-13 19:43 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2008-06-13 17:30 ` Makefile debugger linux-embedded-owner
2008-06-13 8:50 ` cross-compiling alternatives Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-06-13 9:11 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-13 14:51 ` cross-compiling alternatives (was Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)...) Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-16 7:58 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-16 16:00 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-16 17:38 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-17 13:57 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-13 11:14 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-06-13 11:22 ` Bart Van Assche
2008-06-12 18:29 ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-12 19:02 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-06-13 13:29 ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-13 13:59 ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-12 16:08 ` Paul Mundt
2008-06-12 16:28 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-06-12 16:31 ` Paul Mundt [this message]
2008-06-12 16:38 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-06-12 18:50 ` Bernhard Fischer
2008-06-12 17:14 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-06-12 17:22 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-06-12 17:23 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-13 18:01 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-12 16:37 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-12 17:01 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-12 17:19 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-06-12 17:17 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-06-13 11:15 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-06-13 11:17 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-12 18:34 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-12 19:00 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-06-15 21:51 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-12 18:30 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-12 18:57 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-06-12 16:23 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-12 18:37 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-13 18:45 ` Robert Schwebel
2008-06-15 23:12 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-16 8:02 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-16 8:28 ` cross-compiling alternatives Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-06-16 9:25 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-13 1:25 ` cross-compiling alternatives (was Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)...) Rob Landley
2008-06-13 1:28 ` Robert P. J. Day
2008-06-13 1:29 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-06-13 6:30 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-13 18:51 ` Robert Schwebel
2008-06-13 22:25 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-13 23:19 ` Robert Schwebel
2008-06-14 0:07 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-14 11:26 ` Robert Schwebel
2008-06-16 11:39 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-16 12:06 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-16 13:32 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-16 16:28 ` Bernhard Fischer
2008-06-16 22:28 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-16 22:44 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-16 5:11 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-16 11:33 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-16 8:33 ` cross-compiling alternatives Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-06-16 11:17 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-16 11:43 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-06-16 7:55 ` cross-compiling alternatives (was Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)...) Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-16 15:15 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-17 6:27 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-17 13:46 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-17 14:22 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-16 4:57 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-16 11:44 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-16 4:31 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-16 8:13 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-16 8:21 ` cross-compiling alternatives Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-06-13 3:11 ` cross-compiling alternatives (was Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)...) Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-13 18:47 ` Robert Schwebel
2008-06-13 6:43 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-13 8:38 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-06-13 9:06 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-13 9:12 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-13 9:32 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-13 15:28 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-14 0:31 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-16 4:23 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-16 10:49 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-16 11:09 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-16 11:52 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-16 11:59 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-16 16:43 ` Bernhard Fischer
2008-06-13 10:03 ` cross-compiling alternatives Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-06-13 11:24 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-13 13:17 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-13 13:28 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-06-13 13:40 ` Alexander Neundorf
2008-06-13 13:56 ` Matthieu CASTET
2008-06-13 14:41 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-13 14:49 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-13 14:51 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-13 14:55 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-13 15:16 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-13 18:45 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-06-13 19:10 ` Robert Schwebel
2008-06-16 4:08 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-16 7:31 ` Peter Korsgaard
2008-06-16 14:33 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-16 16:45 ` Bernhard Fischer
2008-06-13 19:14 ` cross-compiling alternatives (was Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s)...) Rob Landley
2008-06-13 15:25 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-12 18:25 ` [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s), linux-embedded@vger list Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-12 21:11 ` David VomLehn
2008-06-12 21:42 ` James Chapman
2008-06-12 21:46 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-06-12 21:53 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-12 21:56 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-06-13 8:39 ` James Chapman
2008-06-13 9:02 ` Daniel THOMPSON
2008-06-13 11:28 ` James Chapman
2008-06-12 22:02 ` Jim Freeman
2008-06-13 13:14 ` Samuel Robb
2008-06-13 14:36 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-13 14:26 ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-06-13 22:24 ` David VomLehn
2008-06-15 15:39 ` Leon Woestenberg
2008-06-15 21:43 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-23 17:22 ` Denys Vlasenko
2008-06-23 18:57 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-23 19:12 ` Denys Vlasenko
2008-06-23 19:33 ` Sam Ravnborg
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2008-06-23 17:28 ` Denys Vlasenko
2008-06-23 17:45 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-23 18:19 ` Denys Vlasenko
2008-06-23 19:05 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-25 9:50 ` James Chapman
2008-06-25 15:41 ` Adrian Bunk
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