Re: Trying to cross compile glib-2.18.2 for ARM

[Enrico Weigelt <weigelt metux de>]

* Robert Pearce <rob bdt-home demon co uk> wrote:

> It's not "glib make", it's the configure script. In order to confirm
> whether glib can use a POSIX compliant getgrgid_r the configure script
> has to build and run a test program to check for compliance. For most
> things it's enough to compile the test, but for some compliance checks
> the program must actually be run on the target system. That's rather
> hard for configure to do when cross-compiling.

That's silly! If the function is there and does not behave the
specified way, the providing package (in this case libc) is simply
broken and has to be fixed. It's that simple.

*If* you really want some sanity test, why aren't they run in the
'make test' pass ?

For the 'make test' it is clear that it has to run on the actual target,
build and install has to run properly on any other system (w/ proper
cross-toolchain). Making silly assumptions like that the building 
system is identical with the target completely breaks this.


cu
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