Re: Epics build system does not support cross compilers for host builds?

[Guy Jennings <jennings@anl.gov>]

"Janet B. Anderson" wrote:

> > Am I correct in thinking that the Epics build system does not support
> > cross compilers for host builds?
>
> The epics build system allows for only a single HOST_ARCH per build. If you
> have the base/config files settings correct, you should be able build multiple
> hosts by resetting the HOST_ARCH definition before each build. However, this
> has never been tried before so I am not certain it will work.
>
> Janet
>

The problem is that the make files don't make a distinction between targets that
should be built with the native host compiler (i.e. aitGen, flex & antelope)
which are executed during the build process and targets that should be built with
the cross compiler (i.e. libca.a, ca_test & excas) which are the final outputs of
the build...

It's no big deal, I can continue building on different hosts - it's just that the
m68k host is MUCH slower than the others!!!