Re: Autobuilding with cross-compiler to solve m68k woes?

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@mit.edu>]

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> writes:

    Steve> What if we had the means of reliably determining which
    Steve> packages could be cross-compiled, and which needed to be
    Steve> compiled on a native system?  Would that make
    Steve> cross-compiling a viable option?

Please go successfully cross compile multiple Debian packages you do
not maintain.  You probably don't want to upload the results but if
you successfully generate debs from a Debian source package by cross
compiling, it will be an educational experience.


Those of us who have played with cross compilers tend to believe that
the engineering problems will dominate and that it is not a viable
solution.

If you do have experience making cross compilation work for large
systems, then please start out with a more fleshed out proposal that
demonstrates you have thought about the hard problems.

--Sam