Jim Gifford wrote:
One of things I've been mulling over is maybe have cross-lfs just
build the toolchains, but the rest of the stuff, currently the
temp-system and final-system of Cross-LFS, could be the future LFS
book that supports multiple architectures.
I'll put my comments in now that I'm on a working machine.
I'm putting my X behinds Jims proposal, pretty much for the exact reason
he outlined in it, almost to the letter.
I feel that as a seperate project the cross-build process will benifit
the straight LFS project and vice a versa in finding
bugs/incompatabilies/new features maybe ? I jus think it opens doors,
and on serious issues puts double the brain power/resources/testing
behind it. I think as long as information is shared in a two way street
after a short learning period the two groups will see massive benifits.
Also as a good few people will work/have interest in both projects it
will really open more possabilities and ideas.
There seems to be a concern that in time the cross-process will replace
the straight build process. I can't see it myself unless there is a real
lead towards this. If I'm building a 32bit x86 host for example, its
easier for me to stick the live CD in and build it straight, if I have a
sun box running, solaris 64 bit, its easier for me to build LFS 64
straight. Granted I'll probably cross-build a few things for the sake of
it for interests sake, as cross-building has found some really unusual
bugs, which the LFS community are aware of and I think will be usefull
in the next LFS release or dev book, but as a whole straight
architecture building shouldn't go away unless the LFS project decideds
that cross-building is the way to go.
I'm backing this all the way, I think it will be a real benifit for all,
and help keep things clear.
Matt
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