Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
dean talbot wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> Would the following rewording be enough? > > This may be pure semantics, but i find the following passage somewhat > unsettling... > >> ...this removes ANY potential contamination of the target system by >> LESSENING the chance of headers or librarie

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-16 Thread dean talbot
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Would the following rewording be enough? This may be pure semantics, but i find the following passage somewhat unsettling... > ...this removes ANY potential contamination of the target system by > LESSENING the chance of headers or libraries from the host being > incorporat

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-15 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> I agree but I still don't see what is not explained. I've re-read your > post from yesterday several times. Are you saying that we should > explain the process of cross-compilation? To me it is reasonably > obvious that if you use cross-compilation techniques then the system > can't use r

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-15 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Gerard Beekmans wrote: >> You are arguing because of an implication that, quite honestly, I don't see. > I'm not trying to be argumentative. I was using the term argument in a more formal manner: a coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a conclusion, not in the sense of an alt

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-15 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> You are arguing because of an implication that, quite honestly, I don't see. > > I'm not trying to be argumentative. To me it's just seeing a technical explanation that feels incomplete. Some claims are made that then aren't further explained. I'll have to admit that I don't remember all t

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-15 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Gerard Beekmans wrote: > >>> An example of how the host can corrupt the temporary libraries when you >>> don't cross-compile would be very educational as well. It helps in >>> proving >>> that cross-compiling really is recommended. >> >> I don't think the above is applicable. > If it's not

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-15 Thread Gerard Beekmans
An example of how the host can corrupt the temporary libraries when you don't cross-compile would be very educational as well. It helps in proving that cross-compiling really is recommended. I don't think the above is applicable. If it's not applicable then that note should be rem

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-15 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Gerard Beekmans wrote: >>> What more do we need to add? Or can we just close the ticket? >>> I think it was addressed in the updates Matt made about four months >> ago >>> and about 2 months after ticket 2412 was opened. >> I'm happy to close that ticket off, I don't think it needs any more >> exp

RE: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-14 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> > What more do we need to add? Or can we just close the ticket? > > I think it was addressed in the updates Matt made about four months > ago > > and about 2 months after ticket 2412 was opened. > > I'm happy to close that ticket off, I don't think it needs any more > explanation but am open to

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-13 Thread Matthew Burgess
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:34:24 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > What more do we need to add? Or can we just close the ticket? > I think it was addressed in the updates Matt made about four months ago > and about 2 months after ticket 2412 was opened. I'm happy to close that ticket off, I don't think i