Re: java/5688: cross compiler build fails in libjava

[Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>]

Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

> >>>>> "H.J." == H J Lu <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> 
> H.J.> Here is a patch. It seems to work for me to cross compiling to
> H.J.> Linux/x86. No idea how it works for newlib.
> 
> I'm not going to check this in.
> 
> H.J.> 	* configure.in: Never assume newlib for cross compile.
> 
> This breaks newlib crosses.  I know Anthony Green at least tests
> these.
> 
> If link tests always work properly for linux-x-linux crosses, then
> something similar to your patch would be acceptable.  It would have to
> preserve newlib crosses, though.  One approximation to this would be
> to use the "native" checking code if the target matches *-linux*.
> Perhaps the best approach would be to add a new variable to
> configure.host.

There's also a --with-newlib flag that could be tested.

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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> <geoffk@redhat.com>