Re: [OpenBIOS] Allow building on Mac OS X

[Programmingkid]

On Apr 14, 2015, at 1:11 AM, Cormac O'Brien wrote:
> > I downloaded a cross compiler that was made to make ppc elf binaries. I
> > don't think there is an Apple supplied ppc elf cross compiler.
>
> I'd suggest building your own binutils and gcc, it doesn't take too long and
> usually works a bit better.

It is such a pain to build gcc. I think it used up an entire day when I built gcc 4.9.
That is an experience I hope never to repeat. Plus the cross compiler I downloaded
works just fine, so there isn't really a need.
> > > (Unless others here think it's OK to depend on bash instead.)
> >
> > Come on people, switch to bash. It's better. What would we miss if we did
> > switch to bash?
>
> I think there are probably quite a few people on tcsh or zsh. sh is virtually
> guaranteed, bash is not.

Your saying there are computers out there without bash? It sounds hard to
believe. Bash is such a popular shell. Even Cygwin comes with bash. If 
bash is such a problem, then I guess I could use awk or something else
to do the work I need. I'm not honestly concerned with the theoretical. Is there
a unix-like system out there that doesn't come with bash that OpenBIOS is
expected to support?

Allow building on Mac OS X

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On 14/04/15 15:19, Programmingkid wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2015, at 1:11 AM, Cormac O'Brien wrote:
> > > I downloaded a cross compiler that was made to make ppc elf binaries. I
> > > don't think there is an Apple supplied ppc elf cross compiler.
> >
> > I'd suggest building your own binutils and gcc, it doesn't take too long and
> > usually works a bit better.
>
> It is such a pain to build gcc. I think it used up an entire day when I built gcc 4.9.
> That is an experience I hope never to repeat. Plus the cross compiler I downloaded
> works just fine, so there isn't really a need.

Having been bitten by compiler bugs before, I'd say building your own
from source is the safest way and ensures that other people can
replicate your exact setup if you start experiencing problems. Otherwise
you may find a bug caused by using a particular compiler version, or
even a distro's local patches.

ATB,

Mark.