1 INSTALLx.txt - cross-compiling Vim on Unix
5 2. Necessary arguments for "configure"
6 3. Necessary environment variables for "configure"
13 This document discusses cross-compiling VIM on Unix-like systems. We assume
14 you are already familiar with cross-compiling and have a working cross-compile
15 environment with at least the following components:
18 * a libc to link against
19 * ncurses library to link against
21 Discussing how to set up a cross-compile environment would go beyond the scope
22 of this document. See http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/ for more information and
23 a script that aids in setting up such an environment.
26 The problem is that "configure" needs to compile and run small test programs
27 to check for certain features. Running these test programs can't be done when
28 cross-compiling so we need to pass the results these checks would produce via
29 environment variables. See the list of variables and the examples at the end of
33 2. NECESSARY ARGUMENTS FOR "configure"
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36 You need to set the following "configure" command line switches:
39 The build system (i.e. the platform name of the system you compile on
41 For example, "i586-linux".
44 The system on which VIM will be run. Quite often this the name of your
45 cross-compiler without the "-gcc".
46 For example, "powerpc-603-linux-gnu".
49 Only relevant for compiling compilers. Set this to the same value as
53 Which terminal library to.
54 For example, "ncurses".
57 3. NECESSARY ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES FOR "configure"
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60 Additionally to the variables listed here you might want to set the CPPFLAGS
61 environment variable to enable optimization for your target system (e.g.
62 "CPPFLAGS=-march=arm5te").
64 The following variables need to be set:
67 The size of an "int" C type in bytes. Should be "4" on all 32bit
70 vi_cv_path_python_conf:
71 If Python support is enabled, set this variables to the path for
72 Python's library implementation. This is a path like
73 "/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/config" (the directory contains a file
76 vi_cv_var_python_epfx:
77 If Python support is enabled, set this variables to the execution
78 prefix of your Python interpreter (that is, where it thinks it is
80 This is the output of the following Python script:
81 import sys; print sys.exec_prefix
84 If Python support is enabled, set this variables to the prefix of your
85 Python interpreter (that is, where was installed).
86 This is the output of the following Python script:
87 import sys; print sys.prefix
89 vi_cv_var_python_version:
90 If Python support is enabled, set this variables to the version of the
91 Python interpreter that will be used.
92 This is the output of the following Python script:
93 import sys; print sys.version[:3]
95 vim_cv_bcopy_handles_overlap:
96 Whether the "memmove" C library call is able to copy overlapping
97 memory regions. Set to "yes" if it does or "no" if it does not.
98 You only need to set this if vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap is set
101 vim_cv_getcwd_broken:
102 Whether the "getcwd" C library call is broken. Set to "yes" if you
103 know that "getcwd" is implemented as 'system("sh -c pwd")', set to
106 vim_cv_memcpy_handles_overlap:
107 Whether the "memcpy" C library call is able to copy overlapping
108 memory regions. Set to "yes" if it does or "no" if it does not.
109 You only need to set this if both vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap
110 and vim_cv_bcopy_handles_overlap are set to "no".
112 vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap:
113 Whether the "memmove" C library call is able to copy overlapping
114 memory regions. Set to "yes" if it does or "no" if it does not.
116 vim_cv_stat_ignores_slash:
117 Whether the "stat" C library call ignores trailing slashes in the path
118 name. Set to "yes" if it ignores them or "no" if it does not ignore
122 Whether the "tgetent" terminal library call returns a zero or non-zero
123 value when it encounters an unknown terminal. Set to either the string
124 "zero" or "non-zero", corresponding.
127 Whether the environment has terminfo support. Set to "yes" if so,
128 otherwise set to "no".
130 vim_cv_toupper_broken:
131 Whether the "toupper" C library function works correctly. Set to "yes"
132 if you know it's broken, otherwise set to "no".
135 The default group of pseudo terminals. Either set to the numeric value
136 of the your tty group or to "world" if they are world accessable.
139 The default mode of pseudo terminals if they are not world accessable.
140 Most propably the value "0620".
146 Assuming the target system string is "armeb-xscale-linux-gnu" (a Intel XScale
147 system) with glibc and ncurses, the call to configure would look like this:
150 vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no \
151 vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap=yes \
152 vim_cv_stat_ignores_slash=yes \
153 vim_cv_tgetent=zero \
154 vim_cv_terminfo=yes \
155 vim_cv_toupper_broken=no \
156 vim_cv_tty_group=world \
159 --host=armeb-xscale-linux-gnu \
160 --target=armeb-xscale-linux-gnu \
165 Written 2007 by Marc Haisenko <marc@darkdust.net> for the VIM project.