Re: Cross-compilation to GNU and MinGW available

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Thomas,

Thomas Schwinge <address@hidden> writes:

> Be aware that, even though much more stable than a few years ago,
> GNU/Hurd systems are not as solid as the GNU/Linux (or other Unix /
> Windows / ...) systems we're using every day.  There'll be some regular
> maintenance needed to recover hung systems, repair damaged file systems,
> etc.

Yeah, but I was somewhat more confident since Samuel Thibault told me
that the Debian GNU/Hurd buildds would run for, ahem, weeks without
crashing.

>> An alternative would be to use VMs
>> (Nixpkgs already provides some support for that.)
>
> That's good, and it's the approach that I favor.  (Unfortunately, I'm
> totally out of time, so currently can't realize it myself.)  My plan is
> to cross-compile a complete system (as you're now doing), assemble a root
> file system from that, add some script machinery, boot the thing in a VM,
> and then run some regression tests in there: configure && make && make
> check for coreutils, gdb, etc.

Yes, that’d be ideal.

Thanks,
Ludo’.