Better detection for certain broken cross-compiling situations.

Fixes bug 9869; patch from Benedikt Gollatz.

diff --git a/changes/bug9869 b/changes/bug9869
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..d67156d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug9869
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+  o Minor features (build):
+
+    - Assume that a user using configure --host wants to cross-
+      compile and error if we cannot find a properly named tool-
+      chain. Add --disable-tool-name-check to enable the user
+      to build nevertheless. Addresses ticket 9869. Patch by
+      Benedikt Gollatz.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f1fa8812f85a3fade55ad1be297e5c70b6d04e0e..8d21661f8450754bb6c8ab03a1e858eb94dd52f9 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -158,12 +158,29 @@ fi])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(bufferevents,
      AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-bufferevents, use Libevent's buffered IO.))
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(tool-name-check,
+     AS_HELP_STRING(--disable-tool-name-check, check for sanely named toolchain when cross-compiling))
+
 dnl check for the correct "ar" when cross-compiling
 AN_MAKEVAR([AR], [AC_PROG_AR])
 AN_PROGRAM([ar], [AC_PROG_AR])
 AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_AR], [AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR], [ar], [ar])])
 AC_PROG_AR
 
+dnl Check whether the above macro has settled for a simply named tool even
+dnl though we're cross compiling. We must do this before running AC_PROG_CC,
+dnl because that will find any cc on the system, not only the cross-compiler,
+dnl and then verify that a binary built with this compiler runs on the
+dnl build system. It will then come to the false conclusion that we're not
+dnl cross-compiling.
+if test x$enable_tool_name_check != xno; then
+    if test x$ac_tool_warned = xyes; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([We are cross compiling but could not find a properly named toolchain. Do you have your cross-compiling toolchain in PATH? (You can --disable-tool-name-check to ignore this.)])
+       elif test "x$ac_ct_AR" != x -a x$cross_compiling = xmaybe; then
+               AC_MSG_ERROR([We think we are cross compiling but could not find a properly named toolchain. Do you have your cross-compiling toolchain in PATH? (You can --disable-tool-name-check to ignore this.)])
+       fi
+fi
+
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET