[Mono-dev] Problems cross compiling Mono itself for ARM with uClibc

Tue Mar 18 13:04:05 EDT 2008

Hi,

> >
> > I think the problem is located in the message: "configure: error: C
> compiler cannot create executables".
> >
> > I don't know what to do. I really need help!
> >
> > Thomas

This is configuration problem and has little to do with mono. You can
try looking
into the config.log file produced by configure to see what it tries to
do and what
fails.

               Zoltan

> >
> > > Hi Thomas,
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > is it possible, that the configuration step of Mono tries to execute
> > > > a file on my i386 architecture platform, compiled with the arm-gcc?
> > >
> > > In general that's possible with configure scripts, but here it's
> > > trying to execute `arm-linux-gcc --version`, see below. I'd assume
> > > you'll get a similar error message if you execute it yourself from a
> > > terminal? If so, then your cross-compiler setup is broken.
> > >
> > > > If this is the reason, how can I solve the problem? Is there a
> > > > configuration-switch or a workaround which I've overlooked?
> > >
> > > Once you get to the point where you encounter such a situation you can
> > > provide a cache file with the relevant settings (it can be useful to
> > > make the file read-only while testing or it'll be overwritten).
> > >
> > > Andreas
> > >
> > >
> > > > Greets, Thomas
> > > >
> > > > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > >> Datum: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:09:01 +0100
> > > >> Von: "Andreas Färber" <andreas.faerber at web.de>
> > > >> An: freaky001 at gmx.net
> > > >> CC: mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com
> > > >> Betreff: Re: [Mono-dev] Problems cross compiling Mono itself for
> > > >> ARM with uClibc
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Am 13.03.2008 um 21:53 schrieb freaky001 at gmx.net:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Hello,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I'm trying to cross compile the mono package 1.2.6 with my arm-
> > > >>> linux-
> > > >>> gcc-4.1.2 shipped with my development board synertronixx scb9520
> > > >>> with a preinstalled Linux RT 2.6.18 Kernel. I'm unsuccessfully
> > > >>> trying this job for 1 month.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> My host platform is a Fedora 8 i386 machine. I copied the cross
> > > >>> compiler suite to /usr/local and set the environment variables, as
> > > >>> you can see below:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> # env | grep PATH
> > > >>> PATH=/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/
> > > >>> local/
> > > >>> sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/
> > > >>> gcc-4.1.2-uClibc-0.9.29-xscale/bin:/root/bin
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Then I unpacked the mono package to /usr/local and then I tried to
> > > >>> configure it with the following command:
> > > >>> CC=arm-linux-gcc ./configure --prefix=/urs --target=arm-linux --
> > > >>> with-
> > > >>> glib=embedded --with-gc=boehm --with-static_mono=yes --disable-mcs-
> > > >>> build --enable-static
> > > >>>
> > > >>> All what I get as output are the following lines:
> > > >>> [root at localhost mono-1.2.6]# CC=arm-linux-gcc ./configure --prefix=/
> > > >>> urs --target=arm-linux --with-glib=embedded --with-gc=boehm --with-
> > > >>> static_mono=yes --disable-mcs-build --enable-static
> > > >>> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> > > >>> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> > > >>> checking target system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnu
> > > >>> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > > >>> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> > > >>> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
> > > >>> checking for gawk... gawk
> > > >>> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> > > >>> checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
> > > >>> checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of
> > > >>> Makefiles... no
> > > >>> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> > > >>> ./configure: line 2844: ./libtool: No such file or directory
> > > >>> checking host platform characteristics... ok
> > > >>> checking for gcc... arm-linux-gcc
> > > >>> checking for gcc... (cached) arm-linux-gcc
> > > >>> checking for C compiler default output file name...
> > > >>> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> > > >>> See `config.log' for more details.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Here is the config.log:
> > > >>> =======================
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>> configure:3491: checking for C compiler version
> > > >>> configure:3498: arm-linux-gcc --version >&5
> > > >>> ./configure: line 3499: /usr/local/gcc-4.1.2-uClibc-0.9.29-xscale/
> > > >>> bin/arm-linux-gcc: cannot execute binary file
> > > >>> configure:3501: $? = 126
> > > >>
> > > >> That's apparently a problem with your compiler, not with Mono
> > > >> configuration.
> > > >>
> > > >> Andreas
> > > >
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