On 09/01/2010 12:41 PM, David Howells wrote: > > Would it be worth our while putting into Fedora basic gcc and binutils rpms > for cross compilers for all the Linux arches? I keep finding the need to > compile kernels for arches other than the x86_64 boxes I normally use, and I > keep borrowing prebuilt compilers off others (usually Al Viro - thanks Al!) to > do this. > > However, as the kernel advances, older compilers cease being able to compile > it, so I have to go finding new compilers again. > > It would be much easier if I could just yum install them. > > Any thoughts on whether it would be worthwhile? I'd welcome it. However it would be a very challenging task on all levels: - Fedora's rpm and some components the build-infrastructure have serious issues related to cross-building. - A cross compiler alone is not worth it, you need a whole zoo of further cross-target packages to make it usable. Without massive changes to the infrastructure, this would add a significant amount of packages to the distro. Which targets would be wanting to aim at? Ralf -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
