RE: Linux target, windows host.

["Fabrice Gautier" <gautier at email dot enst dot fr>]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : crossgcc-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:crossgcc-owner@sources.redhat.com]De la part de Yves Rutschle
> Envoyé : mercredi 24 janvier 2001 11:01
> À : 'Fabrice Gautier'; 'crossgcc@sources.redhat.com'
> Objet : RE: Linux target, windows host.
>
> > Does anyone have build a cross gcc for a linux target and a windows
> > (cygwin or not) host?
>
> You probably need to specify your linux target a bit more. If
> it's i386-linux, I'd say yes there are such crosscompilers,

That's what I'm looking for, I couldn't find any. Lineo SDK for windows
don't use such a tool (They use VmWare to run native tools) I'm still
waiting an answer from LynuxWorks guys with their VisualLynux.

> however I'm not too sure the benefits of such a compiler over
> a native linux gcc (I don't think crosscompiling should be
> the first choice, if you have the choice of native-compiling...
> but maybe that's because I'm just a wimp).

Well just think of people with small cubicle doing embedded linux. They have
a Windows box because they need it for mail or whatever other project, they
don't want one more box.


>
> > On another note, if someone has build such a compiler; does
> > he have to
> > make the binary available or only the source?
>
> I don't think so. The GPL tells you to give your source, not
> to provide binaries. As a matter of fact, the FSF doesn't
> normally provide binaries, nor do many GPL'd/OpenSource
> projects.

But if I can't build out-of-the-box a cygwin-hosted i386-linux-targeted gcc
(and apparently I can't), if I need some patch, I guess they should publish
the patch...


--
Fabrice Gautier
gautier@email.enst.fr



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