Hi, > I spent a lot of time trying to get the distro to cross-compile, a > couple of years ago. The problem wasn't so much hardcoding CC, it was > mostly the plethora of autocrap scripts which prevented portable > cross-compilation. They'd run some test on the _host_ and make > inferences about the behaviour/wordsize/etc of the _target_. > > Ban autotools and make people write proper makefiles, and the distro > would cross-compile a lot better. :) You've got to be kidding. The developer abuses the tool, so ban the tool ? Autotools if used correctly are an incredible benefit for architectures that are less popular, since it's easier to abstract all the crap you have to deal with. Thomas Dave/Dina : future TV today ! - http://www.davedina.org/ <-*- thomas (dot) apestaart (dot) org -*-> And I want a lover who can nail me to the wall <-*- thomas (at) apestaart (dot) org -*-> URGent, best radio on the net - 24/7 ! - http://urgent.fm/
