Re: libraries being removed from the archive
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 04:28:49PM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> > > Guess how many hours it takes for the m68k
> > > buildd to rebuild kdegraphics..... OVER 38 HOURS!
> >
> > By the way, isn't it a good time to rise up a discussion about package
> > cross-compiling infrastructure?
>
> Isn't it good idea to research first before rising discussion? Just
> raising discussion without referring to any previous discussion about
> a subject is very counterproductive, as it inevitably leads to
> reitarating all the same arguments that where discussed last time.
Well, I just thought about cross compiling while readed the cited post :)
> > It's of course possible to cross-compile single packages where you
> > know that it works. But compiling *all* packages is a different thing.
> > configure too often makes problem, besides Makefiles that never
> > thought of cross-compiling...
I've written not just "cross-compile", but "cross-compile infrastructure".
To face the mentioned problem, there may be a "Cross-Compile-Possible:"
field in control file that maintainer should set to "yes" if he claims
that package may be cross-compiled.
> If you want to be productive, how about setting a buildd and trying to
> crosscompile the distribution and then post statsistics of
> failed/succeeded crosscompilings?
This is a good idea. Maybe I will try after my vacation. Is
documentation/hints abould how to do it available anywhere?
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