[fpc-other] Re: fpc-other Digest, Vol 10, Issue 3

[L]

> No. The trouble of crosscompiling to *nix doesn't lie in ELF, but in the way
> of shared linking that requires (in the current form) libraries on the host.
>

Yes, but the bottom line is:

-it is easier to create an ELF on a unix like system.

Creating the elf includes linking the elf.

So essentially that was a technical nitpick.

I'm more interested in the bottom line of whether it is easier to build web
programs on a Mac for typical linux and bsd web servers than it is on a Windows
PC.

For example I'd like to write this on a Powtils website:
 1. install Apache on your mac
 2. build a web program
 3. compile with FPC using option XXXX to target i386
 4. upload it to a typical linux hosting account.


I've done cross compiling many times and it is a pain in the butt to create the
Elf on windows. I gave up and use CoLinux which is slow but much easier than 
the painful process of cross compiling and running around searching for all 
linux .SO and other files.