On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:28:32PM -0400, Ryan Mansfield wrote:
> Josh Radel wrote:
> > Since the pkgsrc project only supports building on self-hosted QNX systems...
> > 
> > Is it feasible to create a self-hosted toolchain that can run on a non-x86 QNX machine (e.g., ppcbe)? I'm guessing 
somebody has at least attempted this at some point... any pointers on where to start?
> > 
> > Alternatively, do you guys have non-x86 self-hosted versions available internally that our support rep could get for
 us?
> 
> No, we don't use native non-x86 toolchains internally.
> 
> To start with, check out the binutils and gcc from the foundry, and use 
> the existing compilers to configure and build binutils and gcc for a ppc 
> host. e.g. --host=powerpc-unknown-nto-qnx6.4.0 
> --target=powerpc-unknown-nto-qnx6.4.0
> 
> Building binutils for your target should be straightforward. Building 
> gcc will be slightly more complicated. If you're building gcc 4.3.3 or 
> newer, you'll have to cross compile gmp and mpfr for your target as 
> these are now needed for cc1/cc1plus.
> 
> It may be easier for you to cross-compile the project(s) you want to 
> build from pkgsrc then going to through the hassle of setting up a 
> native toolchain for your target.

There's also all sorts of other utilities pkgsrc
expects that are only shipped self hosted...

-seanb