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RE: Multiplatform binary generation
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 14:31:19 +0100
- Subject: RE: Multiplatform binary generation
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcc-owner On Behalf Of deploy.kde
> Sent: 14 May 2004 14:25
> I am working on research project to implement executable
> binary for all
> major linux desktop platforms. The file is named .dlx and
> should contain
> merged executables for Linux on:
> IA-32 - 686
> IA-32 - P4
> IA-32 - Athlon XP
> x86-64 - AMD64/Opteron
> x86-64 - Intel IA-32e
> PowerPC/Apple
>
> Point is that after installing desktop software, installer will go
> trough .dlx files and create a native executables out of it by
> stripping-out everything else.
Why not just use a .tar archive? Or even a library (.a) archive? That
feature can be implemented using existing formats and technologies without
having to develop anything new.
> In the second phase I will modify rpm (becouse I am using Mandrake at
> the moment) to handle .dlx files properly during installation (e.g.
> strip them all).
>
> I would like to hear any your sugestions or comments before I spent
> months developing it.
I think your time would be wasted developing a solution to a problem that
can far more easily and quickly be solved with an existing archive file
format and a few shell scripts. Sorry to be so negative, but I really can't
see the use in it.
cheers,
DaveK
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