When cross-compiling glib for ARM using the crossdev-wrappers provided by Gentoo, building of glib fails, since the test program cannot be executed on the host machine. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge crossdev 2. crossdev -t armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi 3. emerge-wrapper --init 4. armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-emerge glib Actual Results: * CPV: dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5 * REPO: gentoo * USE: arm kernel_linux userland_GNU * Applying glib-1.2.10-automake.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying glib-1.2.10-m4.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying glib-1.2.10-configure-LANG.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying glib-1.2.10-gcc34-fix.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying glib-1.2.10-r1-as-needed.patch.bz2 ... [ ok ] * Appending a library link instruction (-ldl); libraries to link to should not be passed through LDFLAGS * Running eautoreconf in '/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5/work/glib-1.2.10' ... * Running aclocal ... [ ok ] * Running libtoolize --copy --force --install --automake ... [ ok ] * Running aclocal ... [ ok ] * Running autoconf ... [ ok ] * Running autoheader ... [ ok ] * Running automake --add-missing --copy ... [ ok ] * Running elibtoolize in: glib-1.2.10 * Applying portage-2.2.patch ... * Applying sed-1.5.6.patch ... * Applying cross-link-ROOT.patch ... * Applying as-needed-2.2.6.patch ... * Applying uclibc-ltconf-1.3.0.patch ... configure: loading site script /usr/share/config.site configure: loading site script /usr/share/crossdev/include/site/linux configure: loading site script /usr/share/crossdev/include/site/linux-gnueabi configure: loading site script /usr/share/crossdev/include/site/arm-linux-gnueabi checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi checking target system type... armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes /usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5/work/glib-1.2.10/missing: Unknown `--run' option Try `/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5/work/glib-1.2.10/missing --help' for more information configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-strip... armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-strip checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc... armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... yes checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking dependency style of armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc... gcc3 checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc... /usr/libexec/gcc/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/ld checking if the linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking for /usr/libexec/gcc/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-objdump... armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-ar... armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-ar checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-strip... (cached) armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-strip checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-ranlib... armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-nm -B output from armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc object... ok checking how to run the C preprocessor... armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking whether to enable memory checking... no checking whether to enable memory profiling... no checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc... (cached) armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking dependency style of armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc... (cached) gcc3 checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc... (cached) armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking dependency style of armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc... (cached) gcc3 checking for extra flags to get ANSI library prototypes... configure: error: in `/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5/work/glib-1.2.10': configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling See `config.log' for more details. !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5/work/glib-1.2.10/config.log * ERROR: dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5 failed: * econf failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 54: Called src_compile * environment, line 3119: Called econf '--with-threads=posix' '--enable-debug=yes' * ebuild.sh, line 544: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5'. * The complete build log is located at '/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5/temp/environment'. * S: '/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5/work/glib-1.2.10' Expected Results: compile... Portage 2.1.7.17 (embedded, gcc-4.4.3, glibc-2.11-r1, 2.6.31-14-generic i686) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.31-14-generic-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q6600_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p2 dev-lang/python: 2.6.4-r1, 3.1.1-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.6.0-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.65 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20 sys-devel/gcc: 3.4.6-r2, 4.3.4, 4.4.3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.32 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="arm ~arm" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/usr/include/ -I/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/include/" CHOST="armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/usr/include/ -I/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/include/" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests buildpkg distlocks fixpackages news nodoc noinfo noman parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/lib -L/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/usr/lib" LINGUAS="en" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/packages/" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/usr/armv7l-none-linux-gnueabi/tmp/" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="arm bindist kdrive make-symlinks minimal modules multicall zlib" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev mouse keyboard tslib" KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Maybe arm team knows how to handle this cases :-|
Seems like dev-libs/glib-2.32.0 can be successfully crosscompiled as long as the same version of glib is installed on the host computer (needed for glib-compile-resources tool).
This is for old glib-1
(In reply to comment #3) > This is for old glib-1 glib-2 also has a track record of crosscompilation issues. The ebuild for 2.28.8 wants python (which is a PITA to crosscompile), 2.30.x is affected by http://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/commit/?id=6bb8fdaa5fad07713b189ea53e6c5afd67ad9b4e and fails with "configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling" error message. But luckily glib-2.32.0 builds fine with crosscompilation. Based on the "Steps to Reproduce" information, the original reporter did not seem to be interested specifically in old glib-1. Sorry if I commented on the wrong bug.
this was dropped from the tree