.elc files compilation on diferent host than target?

.elc files compilation on diferent host than target?

[joakim]

Hello,

Is it possible to compile .elc files on a different host architecture
than the intendend target architecture?

In this case I'm compiling Emacs 23 on a Qemu virtual ARM architecture
machine, for the Openmoko Freerunner. The lisp compilation takes a long
time on this emulator, so I was thinking of speeding up the compilation
by moving as much as possible out of the emulator, on to the host
machine. 



-- 
Joakim Verona

Re: .elc files compilation on diferent host than target?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: joakim@verona.se
> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:17:50 +0200
> 
> Is it possible to compile .elc files on a different host architecture
> than the intendend target architecture?

Yes, of course.  This is how Emacs release tarballs are produced: they
include all the *.elc files, and yet are tarred only on a single
architecture.

The *.elc files are architecture-independent.

Re: .elc files compilation on diferent host than target?

[joakim]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: joakim@verona.se
>> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:17:50 +0200
>> 
>> Is it possible to compile .elc files on a different host architecture
>> than the intendend target architecture?
>
> Yes, of course.  This is how Emacs release tarballs are produced: they
> include all the *.elc files, and yet are tarred only on a single
> architecture.
>
> The *.elc files are architecture-independent.

Thanks, and good to hear!  I asked, because previously I have
experienced problems with .elc files, but those have been with different
versions of emacs, not different architectures.


-- 
Joakim Verona