why can't one locate easily installable, pre-packaged "add-ons" (not correct
term) for cross-compiling capabilities?
for example, one might install the win32 flavor of Laz/FPC and then simply
install the win32 flavor of the "linux cross-compile add-on"... the "linux
cross-compile add-on" would have everything necessary for cross-compiling to
linux... no rebuilding this or rebuilding that... simply tell the compiler that
the target is linux, hit the build or compile button and the compiler spits out
the proper binary...
so, your development workstation is a *nix flavor? install the *nix flavor of
Laz/FPC followed by the *nix flavor of the "Win32 cross-compile add-on" that has
the win32 code and libs for cross-compiling to the win32 platform from linux...
same for OS/2 or OSX or any of the other OS' that Laz/FPC can compile for...
each base install flavor would have packaged "add-ons" in that flavor for the
other platforms that can be cross-compiled for...
does that make sense?? i don't think that these "add-on" packages would really
be all that large, either... they're mostly source code and a binary or three,
right?
sure, there may need to be a way of denoting the project's compiled binary file
name for each flavor so that they don't stomp on each other because their name
is the same since it is derived from the project name...
ie: foo : linux
foo.exe : DOS
foop.exe : OS/2
foog32.exe : DOS w/GO32 extender (pulled off top of my head)
foow32.exe : windows 32bit
foow64.exe : windows 64bit
i dunno... it just seems so difficult... much more difficult than it could be or
should be... but i'm still here... reading and learning what i can and offering
up my two centavos here and there...
ahhh... and here's something i haven't seen anyone mention... i have a few apps
from long ago that are one binary that runs under several OS'... one executable
that runs natively on OS/2 and on DOS... i believe that binary also runs
natively on windows but i haven't tried it since i don't use windows for that
particular task (old style Fidonet BBS for those who really want to know)... so,
how would/could something like that be done? is it possible with Laz/FPC? is it
necessary? would it be nice to distribute one binary no matter what platform it
was going to be executed on?
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