Cross compiling xorg-7.3 - /bin/sh: ../src/util/makekeys: cannot execute binary file

[Paul Bender]

Stephan Raue wrote:
> Am 17.11.2009 03:03, schrieb john blair:
>> I am trying to cross compile xorg-7.3 and am getting the following error:
>> ../src/util/makekeys<  /usr/arm-linux-gnu/include/X11/keysymdef.h>  ks_tables_h
>> /bin/sh: ../src/util/makekeys: cannot execute binary file
>>
>> http://www.x.org/wiki/CrossCompilingXorg discusses this problem and says that there is a patch for it.
>> "Some components need to build and run programs on the build system that generate output used in the build process. For this compnents, CC_FOR_BUILD must be set to the name of the compiler that targets the build system. The majority of these components do not correctly use CC_FOR_BUILD, but there is a patch (see below) available."
>>
>>    
> have you tryed ./configure CC=your_gcc_for_target_build 
> CC_FOR_BUILD=your_host_gcc ........ ?
>> But I could not find the patch on that page. Can someone tell what patches I need to apply in order to cross-compile?

You might check out the patches that I use in MiniMyth (which I cross 
compile). You can find them at: 
<http://code.google.com/p/minimyth/source/browse/#svn/trunk/gar-minimyth/script/xorg-7.4>