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Re: Why do we not cross-compile bootstrap binaries?
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: Why do we not cross-compile bootstrap binaries? |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:03:43 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
In practice, apart from x86_64-linux which was bootstrapped on NixOS, we
always cross-compile to bootstrap new architectures:
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Porting.html
That was the case for all the non-Intel arches and for GNU/Hurd.
Is that what you meant?
Ludo’.