[fpc-pascal] [OT] fpcup+FreeBSD/PC-BSD: getting linux compat binutils/libs for cross compiling

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, Reinier Olislagers said:
> Looked into getting an fpcup FreeBSD x64=>Linux x86 cross compiler
> module going on PC-BSD 9/FreeBSD 9.1.
> 
> Although the /compat/linux library is there, it misses binutils like as,
> ld etc and I presume it misses a lot of libraries, too.
> 
> Tried installing
> /usr/ports/emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage3
> which failed: got an error saying it was broken.
> 
> My questions:
> 1. An alternative could be to get Linux binaries/libs from a Linux
> install and put them in /compat/linux... Is this useful? Which binaries
> should I use - or IOW what Linux is FreeBSD trying to emulate - RHEL 6?
> 2. Is there another port that I could install/an easier way of doing things?

I always considered compat/ a run-its-binaries environment only, not a
development-for-it environment.

What is in compat/ differs with major version, and I haven't kept up. As
long as adobe reader works with it, it was always fine with me.

I've never tried this the proper way. I always used the scripts that I later
put in (fpcbuild/)install/cross to build myself, and then manually fetched
libraries from whatever target.

Bootstrapping the compiler iirc works without crossbinutils.