Bug#880771: libdwarf/dwarfdump cross compile

2018-03-29 Thread David Anderson
On 03/27/2018 09:34 PM, Helmut Grohne wrote: > I suggest that resend your previous mail after carefully checking each > of the words "build", "host", and "target" against their definitions > (and telling which definition you used unless you use GNU terminology). Ah. Thanks. That I can do. And I wi

Bug#880771: libdwarf/dwarfdump cross compile

2018-03-27 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 05:10:14PM -0700, David Anderson wrote: > On 03/26/2018 09:26 PM, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > Cool. Before we continue, could you do a brief terminology check? Both > > autotols and Debian (dpkg) use GNU terminology[1] for build/host/target. > > This notably differs from mozill

Bug#880771: libdwarf/dwarfdump cross compile

2018-03-27 Thread David Anderson
On 03/26/2018 09:26 PM, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Cool. Before we continue, could you do a brief terminology check? Both > autotols and Debian (dpkg) use GNU terminology[1] for build/host/target. > This notably differs from mozilla terminology and tends to cause > confusion. Please stick with GNU term

Bug#880771: libdwarf/dwarfdump cross compile

2018-03-27 Thread Fabian Wolff
Control: tags -1 + fixed-upstream On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:02:25AM -0700, David Anderson wrote: > code/dwarfdump/configure  and code/libdwarf/configure > now support cross building.  see code/README. That's good to hear. Thank you very much for the effort you put into this!

Bug#880771: libdwarf/dwarfdump cross compile

2018-03-27 Thread David Anderson
code/dwarfdump/configure  and code/libdwarf/configure now support cross building.  see code/README. I'm sure I've got something wrong or misunderstood, but it does seem to work.  Let me know what needs fixing. I copied the resulting arm dwarfdump to an arm linux machine and it worked, dumping it

Bug#880771: libdwarf/dwarfdump cross compile

2018-03-26 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi David, On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 01:28:53PM -0700, David Anderson wrote: > I figured out a simple way to cross-build while > completely separating build-time objects from target > objects. Using AC_PATH_PROG as Helmut suggested. > > Nothing complicated about it. Simple 'make'. Cool. Before we c

Bug#880771: libdwarf/dwarfdump cross compile

2018-03-26 Thread David Anderson
I figured out a simple way to cross-build while completely separating build-time objects from target objects. Using AC_PATH_PROG as Helmut suggested. Nothing complicated about it. Simple 'make'. Tested with --host=gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf which generates libdwarf as arm fine, but the dwarfdump fin