On Nov 1, 2003, at 11:35, Jakob Lell wrote:
When you are porting to a new architecture you can satisfy all build-dependson an existing architecture and cross-compile the package.
That's a joke, right? Do you realize how hard it is to cross-compile a lot of packages? For example, ones that do simple things like use some of the build products during the build?
Or, how about "cross-compiling" from unstable to stable. Care to tell me how to build a cross-compiler for that?
Or, how about wanting to compile from (audited) source for security reasons. Care to explain that cross-compiler?