Cross-compile Apache Portable Runtime to the iPhone
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This is a followup to a previous question on cross-compiling for the iPhone:
Cross-compile Autotools-based Libraries for Official iPhone SDK

Basically, I am trying to compile the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.3.8 (latest) for the iPhone. I am currently running into the following error during the configuration step:

checking for working PROCESS_SHARED locks... configure: error: in `/Users/michaelsafyan/Downloads/apr-1.3.8':
configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
See `config.log' for more details.

I am invoking the "configure" script via "iphone3.1-configure --disable-dso --enable-threads", where "iphone3.1-configure" is the following script that I've cooked-up to invoke the "configure" script:

#! /bin/bash

#
# Program  : iphone3.1-configure
# Authors  : Michael Aaron Safyan ([email protected])
# Synopsis :
#            This program runs the "configure" script generated by the
#            GNU Autotools in order to cross-compile thirdparty libraries
#            for the iPhone 3.1 SDK. Run this script while in a directory
#            containing an autotools "configure" script. Once you run this,
#            you can use "make" and "sudo make install" to build the library.
#            An install prefix of "/opt/iphone-3.1/" is used.
#

unset CPATH
unset C_INCLUDE_PATH
unset CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
unset OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH
unset LIBS
unset DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH
unset DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH

export BUILD_DARWIN_VER=`uname -r`
export SDKVER="3.1"
export DEVROOT="/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer"
export SDKROOT="$DEVROOT/SDKs/iPhoneOS$SDKVER.sdk"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS$SDKVER.sdk/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/iphone-$SDKVER/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/lib/pkgconfig
export PREFIX="/opt/iphone-$SDKVER"
export AS="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/as"
export ASCPP="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/as"
export AR="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/ar"
export RANLIB="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/ranlib"
export CPPFLAGS="-pipe -no-cpp-precomp -I$SDKROOT/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin9/4.2.1/include/ -I$SDKROOT/usr/include -I$DEVROOT/usr/include -I/opt/iphone-$SDKVER/include -I/usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/include"
export CFLAGS="-std=c99 -arch armv6 -pipe -no-cpp-precomp --sysroot='$SDKROOT' -isystem $SDKROOT/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin9/4.2.1/include/ -isystem $SDKROOT/usr/include -isystem $DEVROOT/usr/include -isystem /opt/iphone-$SDKVER/include -isystem /usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/include"
export CXXFLAGS="-std=c99 -arch armv6 -pipe -no-cpp-precomp --sysroot='$SDKROOT' -isystem $SDKROOT/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin9/4.2.1/include/ -isystem $SDKROOT/usr/include -isystem $DEVROOT/usr/include -isystem /opt/iphone-$SDKVER/include -isystem /usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/include"
export LDFLAGS="-arch armv6 --sysroot='$SDKROOT' -L$SDKROOT/usr/lib -L$DEVROOT/usr/lib -L/opt/iphone-$SDKVER/lib -L/usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/lib"
export CPP="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/cpp"
export CXXCPP="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/cpp"
export CC="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/gcc-4.2"
export CXX="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/g++-4.2"
export LD="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/ld"
export STRIP="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/strip"

if [ ! \( -d "$DEVROOT" \) ] ; then
   echo "The iPhone SDK could not be found. Folder \"$DEVROOT\" does not exist."
   exit 1
fi

if [ ! \( -d "$SDKROOT" \) ] ; then
   echo "The iPhone SDK could not be found. Folder \"$SDKROOT\" does not exist."
   exit 1
fi

./configure --prefix="$PREFIX" --build="i386-apple-darwin$BUILD_DARWIN_VER" --host="arm-apple-darwin9" --enable-static --disable-shared ac_cv_file__dev_zero=no ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=yes $@

The error that configure is giving me is not the first time I have received a message along the lines of "cannot run test program while cross compiling". In fact, the "ac_cv_file__dev_zero=no" and "ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=yes" elements in the "iphone3.1-configure" script cause two similarly failing tests to be bypassed. The problem I am having is that I do not know how to bypass this check -- that is, I don't know what variable(s) to set to bypass this test and any additional tests that try to run executables built for the target platform. I was able to bypass the earlier two similar tests simply because I was able to locate the workaround on Google... does anyone know what variables to set or another way to bypass this check?

If anyone knows a way to suppress all tests that cannot be executed when cross-compiling, or if you just know how to suppress this specific check, I would be greatly appreciative. Thank you very much.

Maggi answered 22/10, 2009 at 0:56 Comment(0)
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The following variables need to be set:

  • ac_cv_file__dev_zero="yes"
  • ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void="yes"
  • apr_cv_process_shared_works="yes"
  • apr_cv_mutex_robust_shared="no"
  • apr_cv_tcp_nodelay_with_cork="yes"
  • ac_cv_sizeof_struct_iovec="8"
  • apr_cv_mutex_recursive="yes"

Use the following updated "iphone3.1-configure" script to configure the program:

#! /bin/bash

#
# Program  : iphone3.1-configure
# Authors  : Michael Aaron Safyan ([email protected])
# Synopsis :
#            This program runs the "configure" script generated by the
#            GNU Autotools in order to cross-compile thirdparty libraries
#            for the iPhone 3.1 SDK. Run this script while in a directory
#            containing an autotools "configure" script. Once you run this,
#            you can use "make" and "sudo make install" to build the library.
#            An install prefix of "/opt/iphone-3.1/" is used.
#

unset CPATH
unset C_INCLUDE_PATH
unset CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
unset OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH
unset LIBS
unset DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH
unset DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH

export BUILD_DARWIN_VER=`uname -r`
export SDKVER="3.1"
export DEVROOT="/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer"
export SDKROOT="$DEVROOT/SDKs/iPhoneOS$SDKVER.sdk"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS$SDKVER.sdk/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/iphone-$SDKVER/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/lib/pkgconfig
export PREFIX="/opt/iphone-$SDKVER"
export AS="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/as"
export ASCPP="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/as"
export AR="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/ar"
export RANLIB="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/ranlib"
export CPPFLAGS="-pipe -no-cpp-precomp -I$SDKROOT/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin9/4.2.1/include/ -I$SDKROOT/usr/include -I$DEVROOT/usr/include -I/opt/iphone-$SDKVER/include -I/usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/include"
export CFLAGS="-std=c99 -arch armv6 -pipe -no-cpp-precomp --sysroot='$SDKROOT' -isystem $SDKROOT/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin9/4.2.1/include/ -isystem $SDKROOT/usr/include -isystem $DEVROOT/usr/include -isystem /opt/iphone-$SDKVER/include -isystem /usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/include"
export CXXFLAGS="-std=c99 -arch armv6 -pipe -no-cpp-precomp --sysroot='$SDKROOT' -isystem $SDKROOT/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin9/4.2.1/include/ -isystem $SDKROOT/usr/include -isystem $DEVROOT/usr/include -isystem /opt/iphone-$SDKVER/include -isystem /usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/include"
export LDFLAGS="-arch armv6 --sysroot='$SDKROOT' -L$SDKROOT/usr/lib -L$DEVROOT/usr/lib -L/opt/iphone-$SDKVER/lib -L/usr/local/iphone-$SDKVER/lib"
export CPP="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/cpp"
export CXXCPP="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/cpp"
export CC="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/gcc-4.2"
export CXX="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/g++-4.2"
export LD="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/ld"
export STRIP="$DEVROOT/usr/bin/strip"

if [ ! \( -d "$DEVROOT" \) ] ; then
   echo "The iPhone SDK could not be found. Folder \"$DEVROOT\" does not exist."
   exit 1
fi

if [ ! \( -d "$SDKROOT" \) ] ; then
   echo "The iPhone SDK could not be found. Folder \"$SDKROOT\" does not exist."
   exit 1
fi

./configure \
    --prefix="$PREFIX" \
    --build="i386-apple-darwin$BUILD_DARWIN_VER" \
    --host="arm-apple-darwin9" \
    --enable-static \
    --disable-shared \
    ac_cv_file__dev_zero="yes" \
    ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void="yes" \
    apr_cv_process_shared_works="yes" \
    apr_cv_mutex_robust_shared="no" \
    apr_cv_tcp_nodelay_with_cork="yes" \
    ac_cv_sizeof_struct_iovec="8" \
    apr_cv_mutex_recursive="yes" $@

Use "iphone3.1-configure --disable-dso --enable-threads && make", then "sudo make install".

Maggi answered 22/10, 2009 at 7:7 Comment(4)
Hi, the link to 'Cross-compiling the Apache Portable Runtaime for the iphone.' is broken.Rosalia
Thank you for adding this answer. It made my life a lot easier while cross-building APR for a QNX platform. Seems like five years later one still needs the same configuration parameters.Availability
@Michael - I'm using the same script to build APR for iPhone with iPhone 8.3 SDK, however I'm getting "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables" Note: I've updated SDKROOT and DEVROOT variable to match with my dev environment.Republicanism
This is very old (from before the iPad), so you may need to follow additional steps to get this working with the current version of the iOS SDK.Maggi

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