From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: Re: rfc/rfh: i686-w64-mingw32 cross target
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:16:44 +0200
Message-ID: <877fgio11v.fsf@elephly.net>
References: <87vb492l7s.fsf@drakenvlieg.flower>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Return-path: <guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52346)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <rekado@elephly.net>) id 1alj1V-0001UC-FK
	for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:16:58 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <rekado@elephly.net>) id 1alj1U-0008G2-IB
	for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:16:57 -0400
In-reply-to: <87vb492l7s.fsf@drakenvlieg.flower>
List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution."
	<guix-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/guix-devel>,
	<mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:guix-devel@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel>,
	<mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org


Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> writes:

> I'm working on a cross target in an effort to get rid of GUB 1) in
> favour of Guix and could do with some help.
>
> I have just succeeded in cross-building hello and running it,
> doing
>
>    18:18:36 janneke@drakenvlieg:~/src/mingw-guix
>    $ ./pre-inst-env guix build --keep-failed --target=i686-w64-mingw32 hello
>    /gnu/store/6556syz1732jnffnp0njikr5g6diqvch-hello-2.10
>    18:18:36 janneke@drakenvlieg:~/src/mingw-guix
>    $ /gnu/store/5y252qkblhpj639g3bnrc671mz8x920w-profile/bin/wine /gnu/store/6556syz1732jnffnp0njikr5g6diqvch-hello-2.10/bin/hello.exe 
>    Hello, world!
>    18:18:39 janneke@drakenvlieg:~/src/mingw-guix

That’s very cool!

> See https://github.com/janneke/guix/tree/wip-mingw32 or attached patch.
> This platform does not have glibc, it uses --with-newlib and I'm not
> sure how to fit that in.

I have also been working on a cross-compiler using newlib:

   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-03/msg00106.html

I’m not sure it’s fully working as I only have one board to test it.
Maybe there’s something in there you find useful?

~~ Ricardo