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Re: update: cross compiling Octave for MinGW systems
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: update: cross compiling Octave for MinGW systems |
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:17:52 -0500 |
On Dec 13, 2012, at 3:06 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 13 December 2012 15:03, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Dec 12, 2012, at 4:18 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:
>>
>>> * see whether this approach will also work for cross compiling for
>>> OS X systems.
>>
>> I'd be interested in helping with this (testing) when the time comes.
>> Perhaps I can build on Ubuntu (via VBOX) and then run on my MacOS X host?
>
> I'm interested to know how this works. Don't you need a cross compiler
> from GNU into Mac OS X? Doesn't this mean you need to boot strap your
> own gcc?
>
> - Jordi G. H.
I'm not sure I understand correctly, but ...
We do have gcc compilers on MacOS X. What was need the Xcode stuff for are the
system include files libraries. I assume this is essentially the same as for
Windows?
MacOS X will also need all the runtime dependencies.
Ben