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authorpeter <peter@pmikkelsen.com>2026-09-26 12:16:31 +0000
committerpeter <peter@pmikkelsen.com>2026-09-26 12:16:31 +0000
commitbffc02133d96f02f778dd0d44e0a5fa10157aca9 (patch)
treee30332b75424ab8a7ff4463df92bc33f6d33a441
parent99b3c6e10dc4bce0f1dd75ce9ae244efe24f16bd (diff)
Support cross compilation.
Include AX_PROG_CC_FOR_BUILD from autoconf-archive, and use CC_FOR_BUILD to build the two generator binaries, even when a different host system is targeted using ./configure --host=... I have not yet tested that the aplwc binary works when built this way. FossilOrigin-Name: 55b2cc92bc6d0a76ac7da97ad35489d435a484d7173348eefe3499fe058e0a69
-rw-r--r--configure.ac2
-rw-r--r--m4/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4175
-rw-r--r--src/Makefile.am1
-rw-r--r--src/tools/Makefile.am24
-rw-r--r--src/unicode/Makefile.am5
-rwxr-xr-xtools/check4
6 files changed, 201 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b3e9d4..155748d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([disable])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/bin/main.c])
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
AC_PROG_CC
+AX_PROG_CC_FOR_BUILD
AC_C_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER
AC_PROG_RANLIB
AM_PROG_AR
diff --git a/m4/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4 b/m4/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d1de99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+# ===========================================================================
+# https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_prog_cc_for_build.html
+# ===========================================================================
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+# AX_PROG_CC_FOR_BUILD
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+# This macro searches for a C compiler that generates native executables,
+# that is a C compiler that surely is not a cross-compiler. This can be
+# useful if you have to generate source code at compile-time like for
+# example GCC does.
+#
+# The macro sets the CC_FOR_BUILD and CPP_FOR_BUILD macros to anything
+# needed to compile or link (CC_FOR_BUILD) and preprocess (CPP_FOR_BUILD).
+# The value of these variables can be overridden by the user by specifying
+# a compiler with an environment variable (like you do for standard CC).
+#
+# It also sets BUILD_EXEEXT and BUILD_OBJEXT to the executable and object
+# file extensions for the build platform, and GCC_FOR_BUILD to `yes' if
+# the compiler we found is GCC. All these variables but GCC_FOR_BUILD are
+# substituted in the Makefile.
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
+#
+# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+# permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
+# and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
+# warranty.
+
+#serial 26
+
+AU_ALIAS([AC_PROG_CC_FOR_BUILD], [AX_PROG_CC_FOR_BUILD])
+AC_DEFUN([AX_PROG_CC_FOR_BUILD], [dnl
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])dnl
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CPP])dnl
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_BUILD])dnl
+
+dnl Use the standard macros, but make them use other variable names
+dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_CPP], ac_cv_build_prog_CPP)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_gcc], ac_cv_build_prog_gcc)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_c89], ac_cv_build_prog_cc_c89)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_c99], ac_cv_build_prog_cc_c99)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_c11], ac_cv_build_prog_cc_c11)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_c23], ac_cv_build_prog_cc_c23)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc], ac_cv_build_prog_cc_stdc)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_works], ac_cv_build_prog_cc_works)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_cross], ac_cv_build_prog_cc_cross)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_g], ac_cv_build_prog_cc_g)dnl
+pushdef([ac_prog_cc_stdc], ac_build_prog_cc_stdc)dnl
+pushdef([ac_exeext], ac_build_exeext)dnl
+pushdef([ac_objext], ac_build_objext)dnl
+pushdef([CC], CC_FOR_BUILD)dnl
+pushdef([CPP], CPP_FOR_BUILD)dnl
+pushdef([GCC], GCC_FOR_BUILD)dnl
+pushdef([CFLAGS], CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)dnl
+pushdef([CPPFLAGS], CPPFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)dnl
+pushdef([LDFLAGS], LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)dnl
+pushdef([host], build)dnl
+pushdef([host_alias], build_alias)dnl
+pushdef([host_cpu], build_cpu)dnl
+pushdef([host_vendor], build_vendor)dnl
+pushdef([host_os], build_os)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_host], ac_cv_build)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_host_alias], ac_cv_build_alias)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_host_cpu], ac_cv_build_cpu)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_host_vendor], ac_cv_build_vendor)dnl
+pushdef([ac_cv_host_os], ac_cv_build_os)dnl
+pushdef([ac_tool_prefix], ac_build_tool_prefix)dnl
+pushdef([am_cv_CC_dependencies_compiler_type], am_cv_build_CC_dependencies_compiler_type)dnl
+pushdef([am_cv_prog_cc_c_o], am_cv_build_prog_cc_c_o)dnl
+pushdef([cross_compiling], cross_compiling_build)dnl
+dnl
+dnl These variables are problematic to rename by M4 macros, so we save
+dnl their values in alternative names, and restore the values later.
+dnl
+dnl _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT and _AC_COMPILER_OBJEXT internally call
+dnl AC_SUBST which prevents the renaming of EXEEXT and OBJEXT
+dnl variables. It's not a good idea to rename ac_cv_exeext and
+dnl ac_cv_objext either as they're related.
+dnl Renaming ac_exeext and ac_objext is safe though.
+dnl
+ac_cv_host_exeext=$ac_cv_exeext
+AS_VAR_SET_IF([ac_cv_build_exeext],
+ [ac_cv_exeext=$ac_cv_build_exeext],
+ [AS_UNSET([ac_cv_exeext])])
+ac_cv_host_objext=$ac_cv_objext
+AS_VAR_SET_IF([ac_cv_build_objext],
+ [ac_cv_objext=$ac_cv_build_objext],
+ [AS_UNSET([ac_cv_objext])])
+dnl
+dnl ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu is used in _AC_LANG_COMPILER_GNU (called by
+dnl AC_PROG_CC) indirectly.
+dnl
+ac_cv_host_c_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+AS_VAR_SET_IF([ac_cv_build_c_compiler_gnu],
+ [ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_build_c_compiler_gnu],
+ [AS_UNSET([ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu])])
+
+cross_compiling_build=no
+
+ac_build_tool_prefix=
+AS_IF([test -n "$build"], [ac_build_tool_prefix="$build-"],
+ [test -n "$build_alias"],[ac_build_tool_prefix="$build_alias-"])
+
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
+AC_PROG_CC
+_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT
+_AC_COMPILER_OBJEXT
+AC_PROG_CPP
+
+BUILD_EXEEXT=$ac_cv_exeext
+BUILD_OBJEXT=$ac_cv_objext
+
+dnl Restore the old definitions
+dnl
+popdef([cross_compiling])dnl
+popdef([am_cv_prog_cc_c_o])dnl
+popdef([am_cv_CC_dependencies_compiler_type])dnl
+popdef([ac_tool_prefix])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_host_os])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_host_vendor])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_host_cpu])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_host_alias])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_host])dnl
+popdef([host_os])dnl
+popdef([host_vendor])dnl
+popdef([host_cpu])dnl
+popdef([host_alias])dnl
+popdef([host])dnl
+popdef([LDFLAGS])dnl
+popdef([CPPFLAGS])dnl
+popdef([CFLAGS])dnl
+popdef([GCC])dnl
+popdef([CPP])dnl
+popdef([CC])dnl
+popdef([ac_objext])dnl
+popdef([ac_exeext])dnl
+popdef([ac_prog_cc_stdc])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_g])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_cross])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_works])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_c23])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_c11])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_c99])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_cc_c89])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_gcc])dnl
+popdef([ac_cv_prog_CPP])dnl
+dnl
+ac_cv_exeext=$ac_cv_host_exeext
+EXEEXT=$ac_cv_host_exeext
+ac_cv_objext=$ac_cv_host_objext
+OBJEXT=$ac_cv_host_objext
+ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_host_c_compiler_gnu
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_host_c_compiler_gnu
+
+dnl restore global variables ac_ext, ac_cpp, ac_compile,
+dnl ac_link, ac_compiler_gnu (dependent on the current
+dnl language after popping):
+AC_LANG_POP([C])
+
+dnl Finally, set Makefile variables
+dnl
+AC_SUBST([BUILD_EXEEXT])dnl
+AC_SUBST([BUILD_OBJEXT])dnl
+AC_SUBST([CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD])dnl
+AC_SUBST([CPPFLAGS_FOR_BUILD])dnl
+AC_SUBST([LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD])dnl
+])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1e7e4e2..0c20c80 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
include src/bin/Makefile.am
include src/include/Makefile.am
include src/lib/Makefile.am
+include src/unicode/Makefile.am
include src/tools/Makefile.am
diff --git a/src/tools/Makefile.am b/src/tools/Makefile.am
index b05ab8a..0984067 100644
--- a/src/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
-noinst_PROGRAMS += genboot genunicode
+genboot$(EXEEXT): src/tools/genboot.c
+ $(AM_V_CC)
+ $(AM_V_at)$(CC_FOR_BUILD) -o $@ $^
-genboot_SOURCES = src/tools/genboot.c
-genunicode_SOURCES = src/tools/genunicode.c
+genunicode$(EXEEXT): src/tools/genunicode.c
+ $(AM_V_CC)
+ $(AM_V_at)$(CC_FOR_BUILD) -o $@ $^
+
+EXTRA_DIST += src/tools/genboot.c src/tools/genunicode.c
+CLEANFILES += genboot$(EXEEXT) genunicode$(EXEEXT)
BUILT_SOURCES += $(top_builddir)/generated/boot.h
BUILT_SOURCES += $(top_builddir)/generated/unicode_properties.c
$(top_builddir)/generated/boot.h: genboot src/lib/boot.aplwc
- $(MKDIR_P) $(top_builddir)/generated
- ./genboot $(top_srcdir)/src/lib/boot.aplwc > $@
+ $(AM_V_GEN)
+ $(AM_V_at)$(MKDIR_P) $(top_builddir)/generated
+ $(AM_V_at)./genboot $(top_srcdir)/src/lib/boot.aplwc > $@
-$(top_builddir)/generated/unicode_properties.c: genunicode src/unicode/DerivedCoreProperties.txt src/unicode/PropList.txt
- $(MKDIR_P) $(top_builddir)/generated
- ./genunicode $(top_srcdir)/src/unicode > $@
+$(top_builddir)/generated/unicode_properties.c: genunicode $(UNICODE_FILES)
+ $(AM_V_GEN)
+ $(AM_V_at)$(MKDIR_P) $(top_builddir)/generated
+ $(AM_V_at)./genunicode $(top_srcdir)/src/unicode > $@
diff --git a/src/unicode/Makefile.am b/src/unicode/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b26542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unicode/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+UNICODE_FILES = \
+ src/unicode/DerivedCoreProperties.txt \
+ src/unicode/PropList.txt
+
+EXTRA_DIST += $(UNICODE_FILES)
diff --git a/tools/check b/tools/check
index eee6490..bfecb0d 100755
--- a/tools/check
+++ b/tools/check
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ do
exit 1
;;
esac
- ../../configure --enable-build-mode=$type CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wextra -Werror -std=c89 -pedantic"
+ ../../configure --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-build-mode=$type CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wextra -Werror -std=c89 -pedantic"
make check
- ../../configure --enable-build-mode=$type CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+ ../../configure --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-build-mode=$type CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
cd ..
done