From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN, DMARC_MISSING,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from pandora.cs.kun.nl (pandora.cs.kun.nl [131.174.33.4]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 955DDABCED for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 04:32:46 -0600 (CST) Received: from callisto by pandora.cs.kun.nl via callisto.cs.kun.nl [131.174.33.75] with ESMTP for id g9VAWiPx008061 (8.12.5/3.56); Thu, 31 Oct 2002 11:32:45 +0100 (MET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Cross compilation and mingw32 Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 11:32:44 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20021031092341.9950.qmail@web13309.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20021031092341.9950.qmail@web13309.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200210311132.44553.gentoo-user@devrieze.net> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: f69096df-62bc-43f4-9632-5b7c9ede53e3 X-Archives-Hash: 7c7994d50d03eec346ecdc82311365a8 On Thursday 31 October 2002 10:23, James Michael DuPont wrote: > Dear GenToo hackers, > > I am interesting in porting some packages to gentoo. > Currently I am working on debian packages for cross compilation. > > you can find the project page here > http://introspector.sourceforge.net/dia_win32.htm > > Here are some of the netbsd packages > that you might need to setup a cross compiler : > http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/NetBSD/packages/1.6/i386/All/ > cross-i386-cygwin32-1.0.0.0.tgz > cross-i386-mingw32-1.2nb3.tgz > > These would be the starting point, imho for a gentoo port. > > Can you tell me if anyone is working on cross compilation under gentoo? > What about porting debian packages into the new ebuild format? > Cany you help me setup a minimal ebuild system under debian? > How can I transform my source packages to gentoo? > > Thank, > mike > I don't know whether someone is working on cross-compilers at the moment,= but=20 I personally would appreciate a mingw32 crosscompiler/binutils. Remember = the=20 gentoo way is to build as much as possible from source, so probably the=20 cross-compiler should be used to build the mingw libraries. Paul --=20 Paul de Vrieze Junior Researcher Mail: pauldv@cs.kun.nl Homepage: http://www.cs.kun.nl/~pauldv