On Thursday 20 September 2007 16:24, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> Marc Haisenko wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> > I've attached a patch against VIM 7.1 that enables cross-compiling
> > support in configure.
>
> I suppose the configure script is stable enough now to do something like
> this.
>
> It appears you didn't change all the AC_TRY_RUN() uses. Does it only
> work for a limited set of features?
Yes, I haven't fixed the GTK check yet because I couldn't test it. But it's
straight forward like the others, I'll fix it.
I haven't bothered fixing the automatic terminal library detection because all
you have to do is supply the correct --with-tlib option.
These should be the only checks left, or have I overlooked something ?
> You should also add an explanation of how to do cross compiling to the
> INSTALL file. A list of all the values to be set is very useful.
Alright, I'll write a detailed explanation.
> What happens if a value is guessed wrong? It should still be possible
> to do "make test" somehow, otherwise the building result may not work
> unexpectedly.
Well, if the user "guessed" it wrong then the cross-compiled VIM might
mis-behave or not run at all. But there's no way to prevent that... that's
the main problem with cross-compiling and autoconf (although I think
cross-compiling in general is now A LOT easier thanks to autoconf).
"make test" can't work because it calls the compiled vim, and you can't run
vim cross-compiled for PowerPC on your x86, for example. One could maybe run
the tests manually on the target device by copying the test files and running
the test there. I can look into it and write an explanation about how to do
that in the cross-compiling section that I'm going to add to the INSTALL
file.
I'm not sure about when I get around to address these issues, but I think I
can send an updated patch this weekend.
Bye,
Marc
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