cross compiling for freebsd from windows?

[James Harrison]

On Dec 15, 2009, at 9:13 AM 12/15/09, oklahoma wrote:

> Arnold Robbins wrote:
>> Hi.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Has anyone set up cross-compilers / cross-debuggers on Windows (including
>> using Cygwin) to compile applications for FreeBSD and debug them from
>> Windows? If so, can you please send me any information, links, etc.?
> why the effort of making cross compiling tools ? if one need to develop application for given operating system,
> isn't more convenient to use the os as primary incubator for that software? + using virtualization is giving you false
> idea of how your app and underline os perform and interact with each other.

Seriously? What's your idea of the issue with virtualisation? I don't understand. I always thought that you were just getting an installation, but using a software hypervisor instead of bare metal.


> take spare machine install needed version of freebsd
> using handbook and online how-to's on how to configure ssh and log in from your windows machine if you don't have the skills
> to manage sole freebsd machine as both desktop and develop environment. thus you have box to torture and you already have
> compiler, debugger et cetera...
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