So why not to use cross compilation? On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Joakim via Digitalmars-d < digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Monday, 15 January 2018 at 12:15:27 UTC, Temtaime wrote: > >> And what builds C++ compiler from source ? :) >> > > The system C/C++ compiler is already built and there, obviously. Since > nobody ships a D compiler with their OS, I'm not sure how you think that's > relevant. > > On Monday, 15 January 2018 at 12:36:04 UTC, Daniel Kozak wrote: > >> Exactly, there is no reason to build 2.067, 2.076, and 2.078, just build >> the latest one with the previos one. It is common (in case you do not have >> dlang compiler in your distribution) to start with downloading existing >> binary and compile lastest version as a package, then you can use this >> package as a dependency for building new versions. >> > > There is no existing binary for an OS that doesn't have a port yet! > > Take the current DragonFlyBSD port that's being done: he had to port both > dmd 2.067, which is written in C++, and the latest dmd master to DragonFly, > in order to have source packages for their ports repository: > > https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/7463 > > If you bump the D compiler required for latest master, he'll have to port > every bumped D compiler too, ie 2.067, 2.076, and 2.078, in order to have a > source package. That's going to be a huge pain that will stop many from > doing the initial port. >
