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Revision as of 01:47, 25 July 2006
This means being able to build a binary on a host system that will run on a target system, where these systems are of different architectures. For example compiling the Husk.c under Linux and producing a binary that will run under windows or mac. This is not as simple as it sounds.
- host enviroment
- a version of gcc and binutils that supports cross compilation is required in the host enviroment
- headers to link against are required
- libraries are required to be present that are compatible with the target system.
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