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To:	"jakub" <jakub AT mks DOT com DOT pl>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:50:34 +0300
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Subject:	Re: DJGPP as cross-compiler -> Linux
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On 13 Aug 2002 at 15:49, jakub wrote:

> > > Does cross-compiler for dos, which can produce linux elf files exists?
> > > Maybe some of you already have it? I don't like the idea having
> > > "fun" trying to change my DJGPP...
> >
> > Of course I could be wrong, but I think that rather unlikely. Opposite
> > direction (Linux hosted cross-compiler for DJGPP) is much more common.
> Perhaps
> > it could be possible to build DJGPP hosted cross-compiler for Linux, but I
> > myself  would prefer rebooting Linux to do any compilation for it
> 
> Yes, there are many examples of Linux to DOS cross-compilers,
> a lot of documentation how to install DJGPP on linux...
> In some cases rebooting isn't the best way or is just impossible.

Perhaps compiling under Linux is preferable, unless You only have Linux on some 
embedded system (or some really slow box). Also building various Linux packages
with DJGPP hosted cross-compiler may not be easy (You may need to hack 
configure scripts to get them work at all)

Andris

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