Re: [autotools] gtk-doc.m4 - cross compile support

[Alon Bar-Lev <alon barlev gmail com>]

On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 11:04 PM Fontana Nicola <ntd entidi it> wrote:
> Il giorno dom, 07/10/2018 alle 16.09 +0300, Alon Bar-Lev via gtk-doc-list ha
> scritto:
> > On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 3:53 PM John Cupitt via gtk-doc-list
> > <gtk-doc-list gnome org> wrote:
> > > ...
> > > Rather than trying to generate docs in the target, I build my docs in
> > > the host and copy the formatted output over.
> >
> > ...
> > This means that you can run the gtk utilities that are installed on
> > the build part to generate documentation.
> > ...
>
> Hi,
>
> you say that you can/should run gtk-doc on the build side, and I fail to
> understand what makes you think so.
>
> In particular, AFAIK gtkdoc-scangobj must compile and run a program to
> introspect the hierarchy, and I don't see how this can be possible if
> you are on the build side. Maybe you can workaround that, but I'm pretty
> sure it is as straightforward as you seem to think.
>
> I double John's suggestion: build on the host and copy the result.

OK, so no gtk-doc when cross comping, will disable gtk-doc when cross
compiling for packages I maintain in gentoo.

BTW: just a thought, if you compile on demand the scanobj, then you
can use the build CC/LD and it will compile, it can analyze the host
format, just like any toolchain tool.

Thanks!
Alon