Re: How to compile Git with NDK?

From: Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 23, 2014, 12:47 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHd499C0XJDwNa3n3bzK7hu6iRunV1d=nvbqi+2pyoB8uSzDFA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <54209333.7090300@gmail.com>

But if I type just 'make', I don't see how it will know where my ARM toolchain is. I'll read the INSTALL file in the meantime.

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 22.09.2014 21:04, Robert Dailey wrote:
>> I run the following on Ubuntu:
>>
>> fe@BLD01:~/code/git$ autoconf
>> fe@BLD01:~/code/git$ ./configure --prefix=/home/fe/git-arm
>> --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=arm-linux-androideabi
>> configure: Setting lib to 'lib' (the default)
>> configure: Will try -pthread then -lpthread to enable POSIX Threads.
>> configure: CHECKS for site configuration
>> checking for arm-linux-androideabi-gcc... arm-linux-androideabi-gcc
>> checking whether the C compiler works... no
>> configure: error: in `/home/fe/code/git':
>> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>> See `config.log' for more details
>>
>>
>> I have my NDK's prebuilt GCC 4.8 toolchain on PATH (the bin folder).
>> Can someone help me cross compile Git using Android NDK toolchain?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> You don't need autoconf, just type 'make' and you'll be fine.
>
> Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
>
>     Stefan