Re: Cross Compiler for Python?

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  • Hendrik van Rooyen

    Re: Cross Compiler for Python?

    Jorgen Grahn wrote:
    >This is a special case of a more general, non-Python problem which you
    >will have to address if you want to build an industrial controller.
    >
    >If your target has no C compiler[1], you have to set up a cross-compiling
    >environment. I'd be surprised if the eBox doesn't come with
    >documentatio n covering this.
    The eBox comes with a non free (both as in beer and speech) distribution,
    without even a root password, and tied to the mac address in the hardware
    so that it can only run on a specific box. So we (the local distributor and us)
    are trying to put together something free and useful.

    I think what they are doing is of dubious legality, but instead of fighting it,
    we are simply ignoring it.

    If there was any documentation, I certaintly did not see it.
    >
    >If there are special procedures and requirements for cross-compiling
    >Python (someone else indicated there are), I guess the Python
    >installation notes must cover this in a general way.
    >
    The python readme tells you how to install on the same box - I have not
    found anything that tells me how to do a cross compile, which is the
    reason I started this thread...
    >/Jorgen
    >
    >[1] Or even if it has one. It is much more convenient to build in your
    >normal work environment where you have plenty of disk, CPU and RAM,
    >a good text editor, version control, Perl ...
    So far, I have sternly resisted getting involved with Perl, and I hope to die
    before I have to wrap my head around it.

    - Hendrik

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