How do I cross-compile to a different platform?

You may have the OSS ASN.1 compiler running on one platform and use it to cross-compile to any other platform for which you have a licensed runtime. To cross-compile all you need to do is to run the OSS ASN.1 compiler specifying a configuration asn1dflt-file supplied for that platform as the first file on the ASN.1 compiler command line. For example, to crosscompile from Windows to Solaris, you would say:

asn1 asn1dflt.solaris <the rest of the options>

The result of the above command would be the output that can be used directly on the target platform, Solaris in the above case.

Some of the platforms and C/C++ compilers (such as Windows) have multiple asn1dflt-files for each packing option supported, such as /Zp1 /Zp2 /Zp4 /Zp8. So when cross-compiling to Windows, you should be cautious and use the asn1dflt-file that matches the C/C++ compiler packing option that you are going to use. For example, for the VC++ compiler the asn1dflt-files are:

asn1dflt.ms.zp1
asn1dflt.ms.zp2
asn1dflt.ms.zp4
asn1dflt.ms.zp8

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