On 5 February 2012 00:17, Iain Buclaw <ibuc...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On 4 February 2012 21:59, Manu <turkey...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 4 February 2012 21:31, Johannes Pfau <nos...@example.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> I tried to rebuild the android ndk with gdc and documented the build > >> process at https://bitbucket.org/goshawk/gdc/wiki/GDC%20on%20Android > >> > >> The tutorial explains how to build a gdc cross compiler for android. It > >> uses GCC 4.6.2, a recent binutils snapshot and additionally provides a > >> recent gdb 7.4. > >> > >> 32bit linux binaries are also available here: > >> http://www.mediafire.com/?2cex2faqx327l > >> Download the android ndk r7 and extract the gdc 7z file in > >> android-ndk-r7/toolchains/ > >> > >> What's working: > >> I couldn't test the compiler yet and I hope someone else will provide > >> feedback, but the basic gdc compiler should work. druntime may or may > >> not work, but it's distributed so that can be tested. > >> Phobos is not being built yet. > >> > >> Known bugs/TODO: > >> > >> You need to build all D code with -fno-section-anchors, see > >> > https://bitbucket.org/goshawk/gdc/issue/120/fsection-anchors-broken-on-arm > >> > >> build-druntime.patch needs to be integrated with gdc. See > >> https://gist.github.com/1739039 > >> There are basically 3 things this patch does: > >> * Currently gdc checks for __libc_stack_end as that's used by > >> druntime. This function is only available in glibc, but bionic > >> provides a similar function: __get_stack_base. The patch currently > >> simply replaces __libc_stack_end. We need some way to detect if we > >> build for bionic, so we can properly version this code. It should > >> also be tested to verify it is working correctly > >> * Building gcc/config/unix.d fails, so the patch simply skips that > >> file. This should be investigated further and fixed correctly. > >> * Disables phobos for now, although I think I just disabled building the > >> final library and the object files are still being built. > >> > >> gdbserver is not being built for some reason. Had no time to > >> investigate that yet. > > > > > > Amazing! > > Do you know how/could you produce binaries for the mingw host? The > android > > toolchain for windows can only be built from linux according to the > > toolchain docs last time I tried to build it. > > Virtualbox. :þ >
Soooooo, slooooooow...
