From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT NO DOT SPAM DOT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Cross-compiling
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:07:32 +0000
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Richard Freeman wrote:
> 
> I have a question.  I gather from hints in the info docs that gcc is
> capable of cross-compiling.  Does djgpp support this?  Could I compile a
> program for IRIX 5.3 or SunOS using djgpp?  If there is any information
> on this besides writing up machine code descriptions (which was all I
> could find in the info docs) please let me know.  If I need the sources
> and to recompile, I can probably comply (although that would be a real
> pain if you ask me!).

DJGPP is capable of cross-compiling, yes.  And you don't have to rebuild
the machine description files, either.  ;)  Take a look at section 22.7
of the FAQ for more information.

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