Re: Compiling pkgconfig with arm-linux-gcc

[Olexiy Avramchenko <olexiy ctech cn ua>]

prakhar vig wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> As I am building gtk package, i downloaded all the
> dependencies and needful things. But facing some
> prombles:
>
> a)I tried to cofigure pkconfig with arm-linux-gcc but
> it is giving some problem.
> Can anyone tell me the command for configuring
> pkgconfig with arm-linux-gcc.
Are you sure that you need cross-compiled pkg-config ? You probably dont 
want to have any devel on your target arm system, so where's the point 
to have pkg-config for arm-linux? You need it on your instrumental box - 
take it from devel package from your distro.

> b) same problem I am facing with glib also I type the
> following command to configure it:
>
> ./configure CC=/opt/gcc-3.4.0/bin/arm-linux-gcc
> cross_compiling=yes
> But it is giving the following error:
> unable to run the test program.
>
> Please tell me what to do,if anyone knew something
> abt.  it.
The common way and good starting point is to use and tweak config.cache 
file, where you need to provide right options manually (use config.cache 
built on host as a template). Try google - there're some tips about 
cross-compiling GTK...

By the way, the *right* thing to do when cross-compiling smth is to read 
"configure --help" first - most packages now want '--host' parameter 
('--host=arm-linux-gcc' in your case, probably) to configure and 
redefining CC is a *very bad* idea...

	Olexiy