On 23/07/2010 01:47, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > Thinking about this further, I think the problem is that we're talking > about two entirely different use cases: > > 1) cross-compiling a package to install into the sysroot, to be used > solely on Cygwin for cross-compile other software, which would follow > Cygwin packaging guidelines and use the system-default prefix; > > 2) cross-compiling software for use on another system (along the lines > of canadian-cross.cygclass), which would follow the *host*'s packaging > guidelines, or that of the user (at least wrt prefix). > > These are two completely different scenarios
I must be missing something. Shouldn't what's under the sysroot be basically an exact copy with the same layout as what would be on the host's own native filesystem? That's what I get from the description of --with-sysroot at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html#TOC3. cheers, DaveK
