Re: [xml] Cross compiling in QNX

[Roumen Petrov <bugtrack roumenpetrov info>]

Sree R wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to build libxml2 for QNX/ARM, from pc/cygwin/windows 7.
>
> #./configure --build=i686-pc-cygwin --host=arm-unknown-nto-qnx6.5.0
> --disable-silent-rules
> # make
>
> It does not create the shared library, while the static library is created.
> But 'xmllint' linker seem to refer the libxml2.so.11, which is not built.
>
> Any inputs would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Sree
[SNIP]
> /bin/sh ./libtool  --tag=CC    --mode=link ntox86-gcc    -g -O2 -pedantic
> -W -Wformat -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wcomment
> -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wuninitialized -Wparentheses
> -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return
> -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline
> -Wredundant-decls -Wno-long-long    -o xmllint xmllint.o
> ./libxml2.la -lz   -lm  -lsocket
> libtool: link: ntox86-gcc -g -O2 -pedantic -W -Wformat -Wunused -Wimplicit
> -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts
> -Wuninitialized -Wparentheses -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align
> -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes
> -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wredundant-decls -Wno-long-long -o .libs/xmllint
> xmllint.o  ./.libs/libxml2.so -lz -lm -lsocket
> C:/QNX650/host/win32/x86/usr/bin/ntox86-ld.exe:./.libs/libxml2.so: file
> format not recognized; treating as linker script
I think that linker does not understand cygwin 
extension(implementation/simulation) of "symbolic links".

I guess that content of file ./.libs/libxml2.so is something like 
<symlink>.....

> C:/QNX650/host/win32/x86/usr/bin/ntox86-ld.exe:./.libs/libxml2.so:1: syntax
> error
May be you cross-tools has to be build for cygwin as build and host 
platform.

Regards,
Roumen