Subject: Re: Remote compiles (Re: Netscape)
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Michael R Zucca <mrz5149@cs.rit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/08/1998 13:43:45
> > Anyways, 	basically you download binutils (2.8.1 is the latest, I think)
> > from prep.ai.mit.edu or a GNU mirror. configure --target=m68k-netbsd,
> > then make and install it. Do the same for gcc (also at version 2.8.1,
> > but 2.7.2.x might be a bit easier to work with). If you're gonna be
> > compiling stuff other than kernels, you'll need to install include files
> > and libraries (i.e. the comp and maybe xcomp sets) in
> > /usr/local/m68k-netbsd/include and lib. Now you can set
> > CC=m68k-netbsd-gcc (and maybe LD=m68k-netbsd-ld, AS=m68k-netbsd-as,
> > etc...) and try to compile something :) Or put
> > /usr/local/m68k-netbsd/bin first in your path, and just use plain gcc,
> > et al.

Cool! So GNU finally has the NetBSD changes built in? I tried porting the
NetBSD compiler to work on my Linux-ppc box but it just seemed impossible.
I thought you couldn't use straight GNU because it dind't know about the
way NetBSD did things.

I'll try this some time soon!