Cross Compiling Advice (WAS: Re: ie(4) v.s. dhcpd(8) & tcpdump(8))

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 03:36:48PM -0400, Michael Shalayeff wrote:
> > Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Brian A. Seklecki:
> > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Michael Shalayeff wrote:

...and so, the most recent thread on cross compiling that i can find in
the lists is:

http://www.netsys.com/openbsd-tech/2000/01/msg00199.html

...as least on anything hppa target specific.  It really seems like there
has been no cross-compile related discussion recently. Is the method
discussed in the above post the concencus?  I'm certainly not prepared to
subject my hppa box to a make world when i have i386 hardware with 50+
times the CPU power.

I havn't looked too hard into why the cross-tools target is failing.  Let
me examine the error a bit closer.  I'll post anything I find.

> A Yes would have suffice for an answer instead of receipe for getting
> and compiling a current kernel.
>

*pfft*...as if to say leaving your ego at the door isn't a prereq. for
participating in this process.. >:}