Re: build status for cross builds?

[Paul Koning <pkoning at equallogic dot com>]

>>>>> "Janis" == Janis Johnson <janis187@us.ibm.com> writes:

 Janis> I'd like some advice.  There have been reports this week of
 Janis> successful builds of cross compilers.  There are probably some
 Janis> cross builds that crept into the current list without me
 Janis> recognizing them as such, but in general it's not set up for
 Janis> them.  Including them would be very useful, though,
 Janis> particularly when the linked mail message includes information
 Janis> about getting through tricky parts of the build; cross builds
 Janis> seem to have more of those than native builds.

I"m not sure how meaningful it is to attempt to keep track of
cross-build successes.  Right now there is no useable documentation of
how to do cross-builds.  There are fragmentary and years-out-of-date
pieces of folklore; combined with large amounts of effort and luck
those may sometimes produce working cross-builds.

It really would be helpful to have real cross-build documentation and
mechanisms.   I have been hoping to contribute, but my level of
success is still low enough that I'm not ready to do so yet.

	paul