Re: Let's remove mips, mipsel, s390, ... (Was: [Fwd: Re: GTK+2.0 2.6.2-3 and buildds running out of space])

[Peter 'p2' De Schrijver <p2@mind.be>]

> The main problem with distcc across architectures is the FUD
> surrounding whether gcc-as-cross-compiler spits out the same code as
> gcc-as-native-compiler.  The gcc team seem to be very hesitant to make
> any guarantees about that, as it's not something they test much.
> Without better information than guesswork, I'd say you might minimise
> your chances of cross-gcc bugs by using a host with the same endianness
> and bit width.

I guess differences in floating point implementations might be an issue
too for expressions containing floats which can be evaluated at compile
time. 

Cheers,

Peter (p2).

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