On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 15:36:33 +0000
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip>
>  regarding cross-compiling: if you've seen how openembedded uses
> bitbake to do cross-compiling (which includes setting an automatic
> qemu redirect of autoconf script running and even qemu-emulated gcc
> running), you start to get a deep appreciation for the dangers of
> cross-compiling.
> 
>  the key one is, you have absolutely no idea if the host correctly
> generated the autoconf settings correctly or not.  even running under
> qemu is not accepted, because of the risks of qemu giving the wrong
> information when compared to native hardware.
> 
> L.

Yuk. You saved me a lot of time. I trusted qemu too!

David
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