Re: Intent to compile: joe and wvdial for alpha
On Sun 05 Apr 1998, Avery Pennarun wrote:
> In any case, I see that neither joe nor wvdial have been built for the alpha
> architecture. Wvdial I can understand, but is there any particular reason
> 'joe' hasn't been done? I've built both packages here without trouble, and
> can upload them to master if no one objects.
If you've managed to build a package without problems (and maybe even
tested it :-), I see no reason why you should not upload that package to
master (if there isn't an equivalent version already there).
So, go ahead.
> By the way, how reasonable is an i386->alpha cross compiler right now? I
> know that WAAAAAY back in 1994, gcc had some troubles cross-compiling
> to/from alpha because of some random 32 vs. 64-bit problems. Is it okay
> now, or should I just try it and see?
AFAIK it doesn't work; gcc (still) has problems crosscompiling across
different native word sizes.
Paul Slootman
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