Re: gtk cross compile

["J. Ali Harlow" <ali juiblex co uk>]

On 08/03/06 08:11:06, rakesh p wrote:
> hi all,
>
> am trying to cross compile  gtk+ in my powerpc-405-linux-gnu
>
> is it required to cross compile pkgconfig for that?because from
> mailing list i got one information that we need to check whether it  
> is really required for our plat form.if so ,how can i check its  
> needed?.

There are two ways that you could compile pkgconfig which are both  
sometimes known as cross-compiling.

1. Host is native, target is powerpc-405-linux-gnu

This is what you should technically use to allow you to cross-compile  
gtk+ for powerpc-405-linux-gnu. A quick check of pkgconfig's  
configure.in will quickly tell however, that the only target platform  
for which this makes a difference is mingw32, so you can just use a  
native build for powerpc-405-linux-gnu.

2. Host and target are both powerpc-405-linux-gnu

This is what you would need if you wanted to be able to build libraries  
and applications on the powerpc-405-linux-gnu platform itself (rather  
than just targetting it).

More information on this distinction here:

http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook_259.html

Cheers,

Ali.