Oliver Falk wrote: >>> True. But is cross compilation really as reliable as native compilation >>> is? I'm not experienced with cross compilation... But I think some >>> errors will only occur on *real native hardware*... >> Cross toolchains are made like this: you use your normal host compiler, >> for i386 say, to compile the gcc sources configured to emit target, say >> ARM, code. So you end up with an i386 executable compiler that emits >> ARM code. >> >> Native compilers would be built on an ARM box or emulation creating an >> ARM executable compiler that emits ARM code. But in both cases, the >> compiler is coming from the same gcc sources. > > Of course so far I understood the system already. :-) I wrote it because you mentioned "real native hardware". For testing the resulting packages I completely agree, but for building them it shouldn't matter. If it does matter it's a problem with the compiler or how the package is being built. -Andy -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
