What about our threading configure test? That doesn't allow cross compilation either, does it?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Eisentraut wrote: > In 8.0, PostgreSQL lost its previously postulated ability to be > cross-compiled and it turns out some people actually used that, so > here's an attempt to fix it. > > The problem is that the program zic in src/timezone/ is built and run > during the build process, which doesn't work if it's compiled by a > cross-compiler. > > The standard way to go about this in autotools land (references: gcc, > binutils) is to introduce a second variable CC_FOR_BUILD that is set to > a native compiler. There is no particular way to determine this > variable; it's passed by the user or defaults to $CC. This variable is > then used in place of CC to build programs that are compiled and run > during the build. > > The problem is that native compilations cannot rely on things that the > build system normally provides because the tests are run for the target > system, not the build system. It can be assumed that the compilers are > of the same kind, so using CFLAGS etc. is OK. But one cannot rely on > libraries for example without entering a world of pain. Since most > programs that need native compilation are usually some small conversion > programs, this generally works out well anyway. > > Attached is a patch that implements that principle for zic. zic can no > longer use libpgport, but the only thing it seems to use from there is > strerror() and I like to think that we can get away with that. > > I haven't actually tried this out with a cross compilation since I'm not > set up for it, so if someone has an environment available, please give > this a try. > > Comments? > > -- > Peter Eisentraut > http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
