cross compiling for freebsd from windows?

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:47:32 -0700
James Harrison <oscartheduck at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 

The OS and application will run considerably slower in a virtual machine.
The user shouldn't assume that the poor performance is due to the OS and
application themselves.

> 
> > 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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Gary Jennejohn