Philip Prindeville wrote: > Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> Philip Prindeville wrote: >> >>> Sorry for the newbie question, but I'm trying to get Vim (7.1) to port >>> to Astlinux (0.5). >>> >>> Unfortunately, the src/auto/configure file seems to suggest (around line >>> 2801) that cross-compiling isn't supported. >>> >>> Is there a work-around to getting Vim cross-compiled? >>> >>> I was a little surprised: I would have thought that when bringing up a >>> new machine, a lot of people would make Vim part of their early >>> bootstrapping process and get it into the new environment quickly... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -Philip >>> >>> P.S. Yes, I actually did the read FAQ first, and didn't see anything on >>> cross-compilation... >>> >> If you have a C/C++ compiler and linker (such as gcc) on your astlinux box, >> or >> if there is some known source from which you can get it, then you don't need >> a >> cross-compiler. Just download the sources on the target machine and compile >> there. See also my HowTo page >> http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm about compiling >> Vim >> on Unix-like systems. >> >> >> Best regards, >> Tony. >> > > It *is* a Unix box, but it's a run-from-flash system, and compiling on > the system (because the processors typically aren't very fast) is slow > and tedious... plus all the writing of temp files is hard on the flash > media. > > Short answer: much quicker to compile on the host system. > > So... there is no easy way to cross-compile then? The host platform is > Linux Fedora Core 7... > > -Philip
If the existing configure script and top-level Makefile aren't what you want, maybe you can construct a "special-purpose" makefile, maybe src/Make_ast.mak or something? It wouldn't be the first case: after all, compiling on Cygwin for use on native-Windows (using src/Make_cyg.mak) can also be considered a "cross-compile". Best regards, Tony. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 164. You got out to buy software, instead of going out for a beer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
