From: dss2351@osfmail.isc.rit.edu (David Skidmore) Subject: Re: Cross Compilers 5 Apr 1998 03:17:38 -0700 Message-ID: References: <9803300201.AA25612@sol.jna.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Peter Miller wrote: > > Could I suggest that ``How do I build a cross compiler'' be added to the FAQ? > > This subject appears regularly in the mailing list archives. I went > looking because I wanted to do just this. I don't see an answer in > the archives. > > There is a remark in the FAQ that before gnu-win32 became self-hosting > it was developed using cross compilaion. It would be nice if the > instructions for how to do this were available. I hypothesize that they were > once available, or folks couln't have used it. > > Being able to cross compile is very useful if you have, for example, > a dual-booted Linux box, and would rather reboot less frequently. I agree, this would be useful information. I even have an assembler for another machine, and would like to use C to program, instead. I realize there would be really no basic libraries, but is it possible? > Regards > Peter Miller /\/\* --Dave - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".