Re: [OT] Gnat cross compiling FreeBSD to Win32 ?

["Robert R. Beaver" <beaveroregon@qwest.net>]

Stephen Leake wrote:
> Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> writes:
> 
> 
>>On 14 May 2002 12:55:09 -0400, Stephen Leake wrote:
>>
>>>Well, I want a _stable_ system, not a _testing_ system. Windows NT is
>>>a _stable_ system.
>>>
>>Debian testing is _stable_ now. I've been using it for 1 year.
>>
> 
> Well, apparently "the Debian committee", whoever that is, disagrees
> with you; the name is still "testing"!
> 
> 
>>>for my taste. The binary install from ACT was much simpler, just
>>>not quite as simple as the Windows version.
>>>
>>Though it may be simple, you must still recompile all your libraries
>>like libgtkada asis etc... 
>>
> 
> True, but irrelevant. Are you implying that 'apt-get install gnat'
> will also update gtkada? I hope not!
> 
> 
>>>Neither apt-get nor dselect is as 'user-friendly' as Install
>>>Shield when it comes to customizing an installation.
>>>
>>Please explain.
>>
> 
> Well, when was the last time you used Install Shield? On a good
> package, it gives you choices about where to install it, which
> optional sub-packages to install, which language to use, which help
> file formats to install, etc.
> 
> Debian apt-get gives no choice for any of these.
> 
> 
>>>I'll stick to Debian stable, thank you!
>>>
>>Well Testing will catch up with you in short time. Actually it was
>>sceduled for release 1 May, but was delayed.
>>
> 
> Ok, I'll get it when it comes out.
> 
> 
>>>Ok. So I have to remember "apt-get" instead of "dselect". And I'm
>>>
>>If you have such a bad memory I'm surprised you manage to code in the
>>first place. ;-) I don't buy it. But then use gnome-apt or some other
>>graphical frontend. 
>>
> 
> Ok. That was my point; in Windows, you have a standard graphical front
> end that makes it fairly easy to find things that you want to install;
> just look in your "downloads" directory, and select the file you want.
> If I use command-line 'apt-get', there is no such list. If you had
> started this by saying "use gnome-apt", rather than by saying "use
> apt-get", I'd be more sympathetic.
> 
> 
>>Sorry but I have dealt with Debian and windows for years now and
>>Debian proves time and time again to be much more easy.
>>
> 
> I agree; for the work I really want to do, Debian is better. For
> installing packages like Myst and Quicken, Windows (more precisely
> Install Shield) is better (and not just because they don't exist for
> Linux!).
> 
> 
>>When I got my new laptop at work I had a Debian system up and
>>running with *all* packages I had on my desktop system in 55 min and
>>*one* reboot. Installing Windows took 3 hours (mainly due to network
>>driver problems) and then I had to start installing the software
>>which took about 5 hours and I guess about 15-20 reboots.
>>
> 
> Did you end up with the _same_ set of application software on each
> system? I suspect not! 
> 
> You also got lucky with Debian; there are far more network driver
> cards supported by Windows than by Debian.
> 
> 
I Didn't mean to turn this news group int in to a OS flame war.
I would like to see ithis thread get back on track of the problem of 
cross compiling. If we can resolve that, then it would benefit UNIX and 
Windows alike. I will Try to keep my OS BIOS out of the picture.