Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <42A604E3.80509@voxware.com> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 16:34:43 -0400 From: "Craig A. Vanderborgh" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cross compiling cygwin... References: <4297A14B.9070409@plausible.org> <20050528131501.V53507@logout.sh.cvut.cz> <20050528160424.GB12395@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <429ED094.9080001@tlinx.org> <429FAA40.1050707@tlinx.org> <429FB310.F17D2674@dessent.net> <42A5F616.5090200@tlinx.org> <20050607193525.GA539@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20050607193525.GA539@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 12:31:34PM -0700, Linda W wrote: > > >>A working cross compiler? Perhaps that is part of the >>non-straightforward problem. Have to build non-standard compiler and >>whatever other tools are that need to be created especially for such an >>environment. This is what I was referring to when I said that I always >>seemed to be missing one tool or another that are "obvious" to people >>who already have them setup. I guess I somehow thought that since both >>were x86 based, there might be some switch tools to produce different >>obj/executable formats. A bit naive I suppose... >> >>It'd be nice if this process was also in the FAQ... >> >> > >There are all sorts of sites out there which deal with creating cross >compilers. There is no reason to add this to the FAQ. > > > >Just typing "how do I build a cross compiler" into google should be more >than adequate. > > I believe that this is a great example where it would be quite appropriate for you to provide a more useful response than "go google yourself". The details of exactly how a cross compiler should be configured for Cygwin are quite important, yet they remain a mystery to far too many people. Why not take just a few minutes and jot this information down somewhere? Is it really so much to ask?? Regards, craig >cgf > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/