On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Michael Thayer <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 26/04/13 20:16, Vladimir Filipović wrote: >>> Is there a straightforward way to build VBox on one platform, >>> targeting another? Specifically, I'm trying to build the Mac version >>> in a Linux environment. >> >> Short answer: no, though we have done that sort of thing internally (not >> Mac on Linux though, and mainly Additions cross-builds). Not much >> documentation available for it, especially as we use slightly different >> configuration scripts internally, but you might take a look at the page >> I put together on cross-building the Solaris Additions on Linux[1], at >> least for a couple of ideas. > > By the way, if you do get anywhere interesting with this (which doesn't > necessarily mean getting right to the end) feel free to write something up > and send it to this list. A starting point might be assembling the right > cross-build tools, running the configure script for the build host > environment and then adjusting the output files for your tools.
Thanks Michael, that page sheds a lot of light. I'm trying to figure out now the corresponding versions of build tools for an OSX build. If I do get it working to some point, I'll definitely post back. V. _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
