nanogui: Cross Compiling Of Font Libraries
Subject:
Cross Compiling Of Font Libraries
From:
Gil Glass ####@####.####
Date:
20 Jul 2005 15:23:40 +0100
Message-Id: <OF83B65921.70EFCE4C-ON85257044.004AEBE0-85257044.004F06D6@acterna.com>
Hello,
I have successfully cross-compiled Nano-X version 0.91 (is this the latest
release or should I be using 0.90???) for the ARM architecture,
specifically, the PXA-255. This was an easy process given that the
configuration file offers an option to compile for this platform and then
prepends the string "arm-linux-" to all of the tool commands. However, I
am having much less luck cross compiling the font libraries, i.e. FreeType
and T1 Adobe. Perhaps this is more of a general Linux/configuration
question, but as I'm not exactly a Linux expert, I could definitely use
some help from those who are more knowledgeable than I.
When I issue the command to configure, the configurator automatically
grabs the native compiler (gcc) and linker (ld). If I try to fool it by
symbolically linking gcc and ld to the ARM versions, the configuration
fails saying that it can't run the test programs when cross compiling. If
I remove the "exit" command from the test program check, the make file is
produced, but the build fails. It seems that I shouldn't have to hack so
much anyway and I'm guessing there's a much simpler solution.
Please advise.
Cheers,
Gil Glass
Telecom Field Services Division
Acterna
Germantown, MD, USA
+1-240-404-2551
