Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] platform auto-detection mechanism

[Peter Bex]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 12:03:28PM -0700, .alyn.post. wrote:
> I'd like to wander through with a ninja-comment:
> 
> Aboriginal Linux (http://landley.net/aboriginal/) is a project
> designed to remove the need to cross-compile by providing a
> Qemu-ready minimal linux build environment.  The project's tagline
> is:
> 
>   "We cross compile so you don't have to."

That's nice, but it's extra overhead and a big dependency which
might disappear one day.  Don't put all your eggs in one basket!

Besides, I quite like the option of having a lean and mean
cross-compilation toolchain in my native OS (which isn't Linux).

Cheers,
Peter
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