Cross-compile wxGtk - c++

I have to cross-compile wxGtk (an old version: 2.8.11) and managed to setup the environment so that configure runs successfully.
$ export CC=/opt/my_toolchain/toolchain_base/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
$ export CXX=/opt/my_toolchain/toolchain_base/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++
$ export CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/include/
$ export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/
$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/pkgconfig
$ export PKG_CONFIG_DIR=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/pkgconfig
$ export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/sysroot/usr/lib/
// LDFLAGS evtl falsch?? nicht ueberschreiben!?
$ export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/lib/ -L/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/"
$ export CFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/lib/ -Wl,-rpath-link=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/"
$ export CXXFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/lib/ -Wl,-rpath-link=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/"
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/lib/:/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/:/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/:/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/lib/
$ pkg-config --define-variable=pc_path=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/pkgconfig pkg-config
wxGTK-2.8.11 $ ./configure --enable-unicode --disable-shared --prefix=/usr/local/<targetname>
[...]
Configured wxWidgets 2.8.11 for `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
Which GUI toolkit should wxWidgets use? GTK+ 2
Should wxWidgets be compiled into single library? no
Should wxWidgets be compiled in debug mode? no
Should wxWidgets be linked as a shared library? no
Should wxWidgets be compiled in Unicode mode? yes
What level of wxWidgets compatibility should be enabled?
wxWidgets 2.4 no
wxWidgets 2.6 yes
Which libraries should wxWidgets use?
jpeg sys
png sys
regex builtin
tiff sys
zlib sys
odbc no
expat sys
libmspack no
sdl no
However the subsequent make reports an error:
wxGTK-2.8.11 $ make
[...]
bk-make-pch ./.pch/wxprec_netlib/wx/wxprec.h.gch wx/wxprec.h /opt/my_toolchain/toolchain_base/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -I./.pch/wxprec_netlib -D__WXGTK__ -DWXBUILDING -I./src/regex -DwxUSE_GUI=0 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGE_FILES -I/mnt/cifs/osb_m/10_Competence_Centers/21_CC_IE/22_Kunden_Technik_Aktiv/Holmer/Software/Holmer_VT-Server/wxGTK-2.8.11/lib/wx/include/gtk2-unicode-release-static-2.8 -I./include -pthread -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/cairo -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/libpng16 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/libpng16 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/freetype2 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/include/ -DWX_PRECOMP -pthread -Wall -Wundef -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wl,-rpath-link=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/lib/ -Wl,-rpath-link=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/
In file included from /opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/include/math.h:46:0,
from ./include/wx/math.h:19,
from ./include/wx/wx.h:30,
from ./include/wx/wxprec.h:68:
/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/include/bits/mathdef.h:47:6: warning: "__FP_FAST_FMA" is not defined [-Wundef]
/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/include/bits/mathdef.h:51:6: warning: "__FP_FAST_FMAF" is not defined [-Wundef]
/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/include/bits/mathdef.h:55:6: warning: "__FP_FAST_FMAL" is not defined [-Wundef]
/opt/my_toolchain/toolchain_base/bin/../i686-pc-linux-gnu/libc/usr/lib/crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:12022: recipe for target '.pch/wxprec_netlib/wx/wxprec.h.gch' failed
make: *** [.pch/wxprec_netlib/wx/wxprec.h.gch] Error 1
I've printed the compiler command which reports the issue:
/opt/my_toolchain/toolchain_base/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ \
-I./.pch/wxprec_baselib -D__WXGTK__ -DWXBUILDING \
-I./src/regex \
-DwxUSE_GUI=0 -DwxUSE_BASE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGE_FILES \
-I/path/to/wxGTK-2.8.11/lib/wx/include/gtk2-unicode-release-static-2.8 \
-I./include \
-pthread \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/gtk-2.0 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/pango-1.0 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/atk-1.0 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/cairo \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/pixman-1 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/libpng16 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/libpng16 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/pango-1.0 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/harfbuzz \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/pango-1.0 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/freetype2 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/include/glib-2.0 \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs//usr/lib/glib-2.0/include \
-I/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/include/ \
-DWX_PRECOMP -pthread -Wall -Wundef -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing \
-Wl,-rpath-link=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/lib/ \
-Wl,-rpath-link=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/ \
-o ./.pch/wxprec_baselib/wx/wxprec.h.gch \
-MMD -MF \
./.deps/___pch_wxprec_baselib_wx_wxprec_h_gch.d \
./include/wx/wxprec.h
If I remove the two the -Wl,-rpath-link= statements from this compiler command and invoke it manually, the command succeeds.
It seems the additional -Wl statements make the compiler miss the source file with the main()-function (which seems to be provided via ./include/wx/wxprec.h), but I don't really see how that could happen.
I'd be grateful about any advice how I can address this problem.
Update
The configure-Script has the usual options (no --source)
--build=BUILD configure for building on BUILD [guessed]
--host=HOST cross-compile to build programs to run on HOST [BUILD]
--target=TARGET configure for building compilers for TARGET [HOST]
where --target is of no interest. The other options I'll have to check. As I mentioned in the comments, I've so far only seen them being used with prefixes e.g. aarch64-linux-gnu for toolchains from package repositories which are in the $PATH, and with according libraries etc.
So I've added the folder for toolchain binaries to path and configured with
./configure --enable-unicode --disable-shared --prefix=/usr/local/<target> --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used.
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
That looks correct. I want to build on my local machine for another target.
But:
checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.0.0... no
*** Could not run GTK+ test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means GTK+ is incorrectly installed.
configure: error:
The development files for GTK+ were not found. For GTK+ 2, please
ensure that pkg-config is in the path and that gtk+-2.0.pc is
installed. For GTK+ 1.2 please check that gtk-config is in the path,
and that the version is 1.2.3 or above. Also check that the
libraries returned by 'pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs' or 'gtk-config
--libs' are in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent.
Unfortunately that makes sense. The toolchain itself only has some libraries, but does not have the GTK-libraries.
/opt/my_toolchain/toolchain_base/
The GTK libraries and other libraries are in a separate folder:
/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/
And the toolchain's binaries don't know about this folder.
I think the whole issue arises because wxGtk builds libraries for the host = i686-pc-linux-gnu, but also builds executables (e.g. wx-config) for the build-system = x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.

The wxGtk 2.8.11 cross-build is finally working with the following setup:
export PATH=/opt/my_toolchain/toolchain_base/bin/:${PATH}
export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/my_toolchain/additional_libs/usr/lib/pkgconfig
export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_CFLAGS=1
# make sure those env vars are not left from previous setup
unset CC
unset CXX
unset CPPFLAGS
unset CFLAGS
unset CXXFLAGS
unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
unset LDFLAGS
unset PKG_CONFIG_DIR
unset PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
./configure --enable-unicode --disable-shared --prefix=/usr/local/<target> --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-linux-gnu
make
sudo make install

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But encountered the errors:
Jamfile</Users/dongli/Shares/works/packman/test/packages/Boost/boost_1_56_0/libs/context/build>.gas64 bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-4.9.1/release/address-model-64/architecture-x86/threading-multi/asm/make_x86_64_sysv_macho_gas.o
FATAL:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/../libexec/as/x86_64/as: I don't understand '-' flag!
clang: error: no input files
cpp -x assembler-with-cpp "libs/context/src/asm/make_x86_64_sysv_macho_gas.S" | as --64 -o "bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-4.9.1/release/address-model-64/architecture-x86/threading-multi/asm/make_x86_64_sysv_macho_gas.o"
...failed Jamfile</Users/dongli/Shares/works/packman/test/packages/Boost/boost_1_56_0/libs/context/build>.gas64 bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-4.9.1/release/address-model-64/architecture-x86/threading-multi/asm/make_x86_64_sysv_macho_gas.o...
gcc.link.dll bin.v2/libs/atomic/build/gcc-4.9.1/release/threading-multi/libboost_atomic.dylib
ld: unknown option: -h
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
"/usr/local/opt/gcc/bin/g++-4.9" -o "bin.v2/libs/atomic/build/gcc-4.9.1/release/threading-multi/libboost_atomic.dylib" -Wl,-h -Wl,libboost_atomic.dylib -shared -Wl,--start-group "bin.v2/libs/atomic/build/gcc-4.9.1/release/threading-multi/lockpool.o" -Wl,-Bstatic -Wl,-Bdynamic -Wl,--end-group
...failed gcc.link.dll bin.v2/libs/atomic/build/gcc-4.9.1/release/threading-multi/libboost_atomic.dylib...
What should I do with these errors? Thanks in advance!
Apple's linker ld(ld64) is different from other UNIX/GNU linkers and does not support some options, such as -h(soname), --start-group, --end-group, etc,. Those errors you got("unknown option") were the results of trying to pass non-supported flags to Apple's ld when you specify the gcc toolset.
The way I hacked mine was to first include "darwin" in the project config file:
using gcc : 4.9.1 : <gcc_49_root>/bin/g++-4.9 : <linker-type>darwin ;
Next removing the non-supported flags from {BOOST_DIR}/tools/build/src/tools/gcc.jam, from the long command in the "actions link.dll bind LIBRARIES" block:
remove/comment out this portion:
... $(HAVE_SONAME)-Wl,$(SONAME_OPTION)$(SPACE)-Wl,$(<[-1]:D=) ...
Afterwards the Boost libraries built without errors and worked fine in other gcc4.9 compiled codes.
$ ./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=gcc
$ ./b2 --toolset=gcc-4.9.1
UPDATE (May 2015): I recently did a new built of gcc 5.1.0 and Boost 1.58.0 on Yosemite (10.10.1). Same fix worked for me.
I am using Mac Yosemite and this worked for me.
Open "tools/build/example/user-config.jam" and change
# Configure gcc (default version).
# using gcc ;
# Configure specific gcc version, giving alternative name to use.
using darwin : 5 : g++-5 ;
Then open "tools/build/src/tools/darwin.jam" then delete below line (this step may not be required. just try both way);
"$(CONFIG_COMMAND)" -dynamiclib -Wl,-single_module -install_name "$(<:B)$(<:S)" -L"$(LINKPATH)" -o "$(<)" "$(>)" "$(LIBRARIES)" -l$(FINDLIBS-SA) -l$(FINDLIBS-ST) $(FRAMEWORK_PATH) -framework$(_)$(FRAMEWORK:D=:S=) $(OPTIONS) $(USER_OPTIONS)
As last step, compile and install
$ ./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=all --with-toolset=darwin --prefix=/usr/local/boost_for_gcc
$ ./b2
$ ./b2 install
Now you can compile your code like below
$ g++ -o main main.cpp -L/usr/local/boost_for_gcc/lib -I/usr/local/boost_for_gcc/include -lboost_regex
Reference:
http://qiita.com/misho/items/0c0b3ca25bb8f62aa681