[Mono-list] Need Help to Cross-Compile for Windows on Linux

[Ian Norton]

Why do you want to cross compile mono itself?

On 20 Apr 2011, at 21:54, "Rod" <rodney.foley at lumension.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I am attempting to cross-compile for windows on OpenSUSE 11.4.  I  
> have what
> I believe are there required dependencies installed in the expected
> locations for example "/opt/cross/i386-mingw32msvc/".  I am working  
> of the
> latest in the GIT repo as of this e-mail.  The normal Linux make  
> works.
>
> The build-mingw32.sh script runs for a few minutes, and then exits  
> with the
> following error:
>
>    configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>    See `config.log' for more details
>
> I tried looking at the config.log but I cannot find anything. I am  
> not a
> Linux expert and can get around when I need to, but admittedly I am  
> not the
> best at compiling windows on Linux.
>
> My goal is to get a 32 bit and 64 bit Windows build of the latest mono
> (2.11.x) I tried cygwin and couldn't get that to work at all, tried  
> the
> VS2010 solution in the source and that is broken.  So I figured to  
> use the
> method that is most likely what is used by the Mono group when they  
> do it.
> So I get a lot farther but still I am having trouble.
>
> I have attached the config.log in case it can help.  Any assistance  
> on how
> to get the latest mono to compile for 32 and 64 bit Windows either  
> in Linux
> or Windows would be appreciated.  There are bug fixes that have come  
> in that
> we really need to get a hold of.
>
> http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/file/n3464112/config.log.bz2
> config.log.bz2
>
> Best Regards,
>
> -Rod
>
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