From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Mon Oct 19 12:21:02 2009 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:17:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Keith Scroggins To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vincent_Rivi=E8re?= cc: mint@lists.fishpool.fi Subject: Re: [MiNT] Cross-compiler poll In-Reply-To: <4ADC2D2C.5080309@freesbee.fr> Message-ID: References: <4ADC2D2C.5080309@freesbee.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-559023410-758783491-1255969027=:8492" X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: kws@radix.net Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-758783491-1255969027=:8492 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Hello Vincent/List, While I prefer Linux, the reality is that I don't have the opportunity to= =20 work on Atari Software on it (time constraints), so Windows/Cygwin is the= =20 way to go for me (most of my work is done on a XP Laptop whenever I can=20 squeeze in some time). My last few ScummVMs have been rolled right from Cygwin with Vincent's=20 builds, where previously they were coming from my native 4.1.2 build right= =20 off the Falcon. As usual, thanks for all the hard work Vincent! Keith On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Vincent Rivi=E8re wrote: > Hello. > > As you know, I'm interested in keeping up to date the MiNT patches for th= e=20 > GNU build toolchain (binutils, GCC...). The idea is to be able to use the= =20 > latest compiler features for our favorite target. > > Building software for MiNT is just a hobby for me, because I don't really= use=20 > MiNT or Atari machines myself, I use only emulators for testing purposes. > > I love cross-compilers because they allow to build programs for any machi= ne=20 > (including Atari/MiNT) from the computer you use daily (PC, Macintosh...)= ,=20 > with all your favorite tools. > > My task is to produce clean patches for the toolchain. However "normal"= =20 > developers need the binaries of the cross-compiler for their favorite OS.= =20 > Rebuilding the whole toolchain is a long and quite complicated task for= =20 > people not accustomed to this process. So in order to be useful, a=20 > cross-compiler must be provided in a ready to use, binary form, for each= =20 > useful OS. > > I provide Cygwin binaries because they are the ones I need myself. > > So my question is: > > What is the machine/OS you use daily, on which you would *really* build= =20 > programs for MiNT using the GCC cross-compiler if easy-to-use binaries wo= uld=20 > be available ? > > If you don't plan to use the cross-complier regularly, please don't reply= =2E=20 > Replies like "it would be cool to make cross compiler binaries for any OS= in=20 > the world" would be ignored. > > Serious answers could be "Mac OS 10.x", "Ubuntu x.xx 64 bit", etc). > > --=20 > Vincent Rivi=E8re > > ---559023410-758783491-1255969027=:8492--