>> - Don't call `gcc` directly! You should rather use `$(CC)` (or >> probably `$(CCexe)`, I'm not sure right now). > > In my understanding, $(CC) can be a cross compiler (e.g. building > Win32 binary on Linux platform), but $(CCexe) is a native compiler > to build "apinames". > > The compiler to build libfreetype is $(CC), thus, using $(CC) would > be safer option (in above example, using $(CCexe) may try to build > Linux binary executable from Win32 binary library).
Yep. However, the question is whether it makes sense at all to make the `baseline` target (and friends) work for cross compilation... Werner