BTW: Is it a requirement for a new port to be buildable as a target
only, or can we provide a native-only port as a first step, and then
eventually improve it to support "--host=--target=interix"? This is
out-of-the-box thinking, I don't see how this would help the problem we
have been discussing, but I think this is an interesting piece of
information to know.
I'm inclined to say yes. If I can configure GDB with
--target=i386-interix on my i386-freebsd system, I can test the
target-dependent code, and you run a smaller risk of me accidentally
breaking your port when making changes to the common i386 code.
Two conflicting answers, hmm :-)