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crosscompile problem

Enrico Weigelt
- David MENTRE
  - Enrico Weigelt
- Sebastian Egner
  - Enrico Weigelt
- Eric Cooper
  - Enrico Weigelt
    - Enrico Weigelt
  - Enrico Weigelt
- skaller
  - Enrico Weigelt
    - Quôc_Peyrot

Date:	-- (:)
From:	Sebastian Egner <sebastian.egner@p...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] crosscompile problem

Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> it seems that crosscompiling ocaml is currently impossible. 
> The whole ./configure stuff heavily relies on running several 
> test programs checking target stuff (ie. sizeof()).
> Of course this cannot work on cross targets. 

Just to chime in... 

I would like to second Enrico's suggestion for better cross-compilation 
support in Ocaml. 

Sebastian.

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