From: Radek Podgorny <radek@podgorny.cz>
Subject: Re: runit not ready for cross-compilation
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:07:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200601061207.49753.radek@podgorny.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43BDEA01.1000600@geeks.cl>
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Yeah, that's exactly what I think, too...
Radek P.
> Charles Duffy wrote:
> > Charlie Brady wrote:
> >> As has earlier been pointed out, other software does do such
> >> compile-link-run testing - most or all of Dan Bernstein's software
> >> does it, as does software derived from Dan's software. I think you'll
> >> also find that some software configured via ./configure will also do
> >> such tests, just not as explicitly.
> >
> > Autoconf, however, has provisions for cross-compiling: The packager can
> > specify test results for the given target via environment variables;
> > defaults can be provided for use in cross-compilation environments; and
> > as many tests as possible are done *without* requiring the use of a
> > target-compiled binary.
>
> what?? noone needs something like autoconf, just using simple sh scripts
> and a simple Makefile (instead of .c helpers) is _enough_ to make
> software cross compilable. and of course you wont run make test when
> cross compiling, and there is no need to do that.
>
> Alejandro Mery
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-06 11:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-12 0:50 Radek Podgorny
2005-12-12 2:21 ` Alejandro Mery
2005-12-16 15:33 ` Charlie Brady
2005-12-17 22:58 ` Radek Podgorny
2005-12-17 23:06 ` Charlie Brady
2005-12-18 10:30 ` Radek Podgorny
2006-01-03 14:12 ` Gerrit Pape
2006-01-03 19:49 ` Radek Podgorny
2006-01-03 20:16 ` Charlie Brady
2006-01-05 15:01 ` Charles Duffy
2006-01-05 15:17 ` Charlie Brady
2006-01-06 3:54 ` Alejandro Mery
2006-01-06 11:07 ` Radek Podgorny [this message]
2006-01-06 12:51 ` Charles Duffy
2006-01-06 13:54 ` OT: cross compilation and autoconf [was: Re: runit not ready for cross-compilation] Charles Duffy
2006-01-06 16:54 ` Laurent Bercot
2006-01-06 18:42 ` Charlie Brady
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