Re: [E-devel] Cross Compilation Issues with edje and efreet

[Vincent T. <vt...@un...>]

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Neil Jones wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Neil Jones <ne...@gm...>
> Date: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [E-devel] Cross Compilation Issues with edje and efreet
> To: Cedric BAIL <ced...@fr...>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Cedric BAIL <ced...@fr...> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Neil Jones <ne...@gm...> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Cedric BAIL <ced...@fr...> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Neil Jones <ne...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Cedric BAIL <ced...@fr...> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Neil Jones <ne...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi im trying to Cross-Compile EFL libs (Latest snapshot - 49539) using
>>>>>>> BuildRoot, but im having problems with EDJE and EFREET
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> EDJE cannot find LUA, I have LUA 5.1.4 installed (within buidroot for
>>>>>>> the target).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> im no expert on autotools but it feels like its looking for LUA on my
>>>>>>> build host (where it isn't installed).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lua dev don't want to help people build package with it, so it end up
>>>>>> like this mess. You need to see what kind of lua*.pc your buildroot is
>>>>>> generating. This pkg-config file is not part of the upstream source,
>>>>>> and only part of your distribution. It is highly probable that you
>>>>>> buildroot didn't generate this file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes no pc file cheers, i guess ill hand craft one.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> EFREET fails when linking something in bin:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> make[4]: Entering directory
>>>>>>> `/home/njones/metalinux26/test/metag-buildroot2/build_metag/efreet-0.5.0.49539/src/bin'
>>>>>>> CC efreet_desktop_cache_create.o
>>>>>>> CCLD efreet_desktop_cache_create
>>>>>>> /home/njones/metalinux26/test/metag-buildroot2/build_metag/staging_dir/usr/lib/libecore_con-ver-svn-06.so.0:
>>>>>>> undefined reference to `__Exit'
>>>>>>> /home/njones/metalinux26/test/metag-buildroot2/build_metag/staging_dir/usr/lib/libecore.so:
>>>>>>> undefined reference to `_finite'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry never saw that before, but it sounds like an issue with your
>>>>>> compiler and libc trying to say that they comply with C99 when they
>>>>>> are not. What kind of libc are you using ?
>>>>>
>>>>> uClibc and GCC 4.2 toolchain.
>>>>
>>>> What version of uClibc ? But from a generic point of view uClibc is
>>>> full of bugs, for example I recommand you to build ecore_con with
>>>> c-ares library as a dns resolver. They are countless issue like this,
>>>> and if you can, switch to eglibc.
>>>> --
>>>> Cedric BAIL
>>>
>>> 0.9.30.1, Ideally i would like to stay with uClibC, we have not really
>>> tried eglibc but may be worth a look at.
>>>
>>
>> Just checked, sounds like I am using 0.9.30.3. Maybe just updating it
>> would be better.
>> --
>> Cedric BAIL
>>
>
> Cheers for the hints,
>
> Im now hitting the same problem linking edje binaries (after faking my lua.pc):
>
> /home/njones/metalinux26/test/metag-buildroot2/build_metag/staging_dir/usr/lib/libecore.so:
> undefined reference to `_finite'
> /home/njones/metalinux26/test/metag-buildroot2/build_metag/staging_dir/usr/lib/libecore_con.so:
> undefined reference to `__Exit'
>
> __Exit obviously should be come from the c lib but whats this _finite symbol ?

in libm (math library)

Vincent