Fedora and Cross Compiling

[Brendan Conoboy]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Why? To the host, a target's binaries are non-executable,
> host-independent blobs of binary data (==arch).

I see where you're coming from here, but can't quite agree.  For the 
greater purpose of cross compilation discussion, I'll leave it there for 
now.

> Let me try to elaborate: 
> You want to mix different archs inside of the host's rpmdb.

Yes, definitely a place the build system has to intervene.

[snip]

> rpm-wise the working principle probably would be very similar to that of
> how mock and mach setup their chroots.

Yes, in-fact, leveraging mock is going to a key to cross building bliss.

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Brendan Conoboy / Red Hat, Inc. / blc at redhat.com