On 5 February 2012 01:17, Johannes Pfau <nos...@example.com> wrote: > Am Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:17:54 +0000 > schrieb Iain Buclaw <ibuc...@ubuntu.com>: > > > 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 > > > > According to the docs I just have to pass --mingw to the build script > and use the windows ndk as a base. I'll try this tomorrow, but I'd be > surprised if it really was that easy ;-) >
Me too, but good luck! Here's hoping... :P
