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Bug 647862 - GLib 2.29.2 fails to cross-compile
GLib 2.29.2 fails to cross-compile
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: glib
Classification: Platform
Component: build
unspecified
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtkdev
gtkdev
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-04-15 13:12 UTC by Maarten Bosmans
Modified: 2018-05-24 13:02 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
proposed patch (1.52 KB, patch)
2011-04-15 13:12 UTC, Maarten Bosmans 		none Details | Review

Description Maarten Bosmans 2011-04-15 13:12:07 UTC 
Created attachment 186019 [details] [review]
proposed patch

Error in configure:
checking for qsort_r... configure: error: in `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/glib-2.29.2':
configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling

The attached patch adds a check for the qsort_r function. This solves it for my case (win32 cross-compiling using mingw) because qsort_r is not available. In the case of cross-compiling with a host platform that has qsort_r available the test will still fail though. Probably the best thing would be to also add a check for cross-compilation and assume qsort_r just works (i.e. no arguments reversed).
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2011-04-27 03:42:58 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 646309 ***
Comment 2 Maarten Bosmans 2011-04-27 07:32:39 UTC 
The solution of bug 646309 is not really a fix, but more of a workaround, as you need to set a cache variable. How about combining that method with the detection suggested in the attached patch, or the patch from bug 646737? That way it "just works" for cross-compiling.
Comment 3 Robin 2013-05-26 07:02:35 UTC 
Hi all,
    I compile glib by mips cross compile tool.Meeting following problems:

creating libtool
checking for extra flags to get ANSI library prototypes... configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling



    My configure method is:
    ./configure --prefix=$PWD/_install --cache-file=mips-linux-gnu.cache --target=mips-linux --host=mips-linux  "CC=mips-linux-gnu-gcc -EL" "LDFLAGS=-EL" 


    Some one can give me some suggest??

    Thanks!!!!!!
Comment 4 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 13:02:43 UTC 
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