Re: cross-compiling ?

2000-01-22 Thread Erik Mouw
Ragga Muffin wrote:
> Is anybody cross-compiling packages for sparc on, say linux-x86 ?
> 
> I understand it should be possible by installing the cross-compiling
> tools.
> The sparc5 I recently installed debian is a bit slow...
> 
> Any advice/experiences welcome.

I have no experience with a i386-->sparc cross compiler, but I've build
several i386-->arm toolchains. Have a look at the Cross GCC FAQ at
http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ .


Erik

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Re: Definitive package list for 2.1r5...

2000-01-22 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 21, Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 >  [Vincent 2000/01/18]
 >  package  : mutt
 >  version  : 1.0.0-3.1
 >  architectures: i386 (ALPHA, SPARC & M68K MISSING)
 >  issue: Y2K fix 
PLEASE REMOVE THIS PACKAGE! mutt 1.0.0 is not suitable for slink and the
fix is not critical enough to justify the time I would need to backport
the whole package.

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ciao,
Marco