Fedora and Cross Compiling

[Brendan Conoboy]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> I prefer using <target>-gcc-*.i386.rpm

Likewise.

> If sys-rooting such a toolchain, it's toolchain's target-libs could be packaged into a
> <target>-sys-root-*.noarch.rpm

To add a little granularity to the discussion, I'm going to point out 
that there are (at least) two camps of people who want cross compilers 
in Fedora:

1) Those who want cross compilers for nifty gadgets, generally not 
running Linux at all.  Having a <target>-sys-root-*.noarch.rpm such as 
Ralf suggests makes sense in this context.

2) Those who want cross compilers that target other linux architectures 
such as arm, ppc, s390, etc.  Having a <target>-sys-root-*.noarch.rpm 
does not make sense in this context.  That is because you want to work 
with and make packages for your target arch rather than nebulous binary 
blobs.

I'm particularly interested in #2, but believe Fedora can accommodate 
both.  It's also a logical line along which to split package 
maintainership duties since the tools in question are used for such very 
different purposes.

> What I am doing is aiming at cross-building target-binaries, not target
> packages/rpms.

Yep.  Ok, I concede your noarch binary blob answer for non-linux targets.

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