On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Brian J. Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
> They look like some great little boxes. I have a question though, would > these be good to use as build machines? Say if I want to use them to > compile an package to RPM/DEB, would that work? I ask because I'm not sure > how the architecture would come into play, e.g. can an ARM core compile a > package for x86_64? > Put simply: no. More elaborately, it can be done (the compiler is just outputting bytes, at the end) but the results are typically less than you'd like. It's better to get a simple cross-compiler box and/or a CI server integrated into it. That said, some people do it anyway. I myself compile a lot of embedded and ARM code from my x86_64 machine, and I've done from ARM to x86 (not 64 bit) once before. At the time (several years ago) it just took a lot of knowing what the heck your compiler chain was doing under the hood. Maybe it's more straightforward now, but it was still slow as molasses. -Tod Hansmann /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
