[Info-vax] VMS Software Releases Roadmap Updates

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/28/2021 12:14 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 9/27/2021 10:00 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>> On 9/27/21 8:39 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> Well, trying to be fair, what difference does it make, as to which CPU
>>> and OS is used to generate the OBJ and EXE files?  It's all just ones
>>> and zeros, right?
>>
>> Because build systems of any complexity tend to build things that build
>> more things that generate things that build other things.  With enough
>> hacks, workarounds, and manual intervention in processes that are
>> normally automated, such systems can likely be made to work with
>> cross-compilers, but it's potentially a major effort.
> 
> Aren't I so glad that I don't use any of these "complex" modern tools?
> 
> Isn't it a bit of a bad idea to give up control of your apps to some 
> wizz bang modern tool?  I think so.

If you simply use BUILD.COM then replacing "basic" with
"basic/whateverswitchthecrosscompilationrequires" will probbaly
do.

Of course there are work.

But in the overall effort to add support for VMS x86-64, then
I will expect the effort to get cross compilation working
to be relative small.

Arne