On 2/1/06, Wade Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a question on universal builds of fink libraries, such as
> libgmp, libjpeg, etc.
>
> 1) My assumption is that different projects are in different
> states. (i.e. not all fink packages have been built as universal)
> Looking at a couple of libraries, that appears to be the case.
_no_ fink packages have been built as universal. Currently work is
ongoing to assess which packages build on Intel boxes, but for Fink
there's not much utility in packaging them as such, as the Debian
tools recognize individual architecturs.
>
> 2) I need to build several libraries as universal. I would gladly
> work with folks that are autoconf-savvy to figure out the necessary
> changes and submit those to the package maintainer. In short, I'm
> looking for help to resolve errors like (this is an attempt at
> building libgmp direct from source):
>
> > LDFLAGS=-Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
> > CFLAGS=-O -g -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch i386 -
> > arch ppc
>
> > anagram:~/Development/external_libs/libgmp wade$ ./configure --
> > disable-dependency-tracking
> > checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.4.0
> > checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.4.0
> > checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> > checking for mawk... no
> > checking for gawk... no
> > checking for nawk... no
> > checking for awk... awk
> > checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> > checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of
> > Makefiles... no
> > checking compiler gcc -O -g -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/
> > MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch i386 -arch ppc ... yes
> > checking for gcc... gcc
> > checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C
> > compiler cannot create executables
> >
>
> Is it appropriate for me to ask for help on this list? fink-devel
> seems more appropriate, but I'm neither a developer or a maintainer
> of fink, so I didn't know whether subscribing there was appropriate.
>
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wade
>
>
If you ask on -devel you may get some information, but only for your
own build-by-hand usage, since we're not hopping on the Universal
bandwagon.
--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
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