[Haskell-iPhone] Hey Stephen - more on cross compiling

[Stephen Blackheath [to GHC-iPhone]]

Stephen,

Gabor Greif had some cross-compiler changes checked in to mainline 
recently (see email below), so you should be able to get started with 
your Blackberry port. I'll re-do GHC-iOS against the latest master.


Steve

On 20/11/12 09:53, Gabor Greif wrote:> Hi Stephen,
 >
 > Ian merged the functionality (mostly?) to mainline 7.7. That means my
 > old branch (cross-compiler-alienless) is obsolete now. Phew.
 >
 > Though I did not yet have a chance to test it. I'd suggest that you
 > simply "./configure" with --target=ios --build=macos --host=macos
 > (substitute correct triples) and report the results.
 >
 > I believe --with-gcc=<cross-gcc> is enough. Possibly 'nm' must be
 > around that correctly lists the symbols created by <cross-gcc>.
 >
 > That is all I know. The MacBook Pro I have access to unfortunately
 > miscompiles the stage-2 GHC in a normal setup (no cross involved), so
 > I am thoroughly stumped :-(
 >
 > Best luck anyway,
 >
 > cheers,
 >
 >      Gabor

On 18/11/12 05:07, Stephen Paul Weber wrote:
 > Hello all,
 >
 > I'm interested in getting a GHC cross-compiler going for the new
 > QNX-based BlackBerry 10 OS launching in the new year, but the
 > documentation on GHC as cross-compiler
 > <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/CrossCompilation> is pretty
 > sparse and contradictory.  You guys seem to be doing it.  How complex is
 > it?  Where should I start looking for information about the
 > configuration I'll need in the build system, etc?  Do I need to know a
 > lot about autotools hacking to get anywhere?
 >
 > Thanks,