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

[jcupitt gmail com]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 at 07:39, Fontana Nicola <ntd entidi it> wrote:
> Il giorno mer, 10/10/2018 alle 09.20 +0300, Alon Bar-Lev ha scritto:
> > 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.
>
> Yes, and you'll also need a launcher (i.e. some kind of virtualization
> environment maybe you already have in place) to execute that binary
> from the build machine.

Yes, I've considered that too, but never tried to implement it.

For abstract things like the class hierarchy, you could also do a
separate native build and introspect that, but unfortunately .gir
files are not cross-platform. They include things like struct member
offsets, which really tie them to a specific binary.

John