[webkit-gtk] cross compiling for MIPS

[Hieu Le Trung]

Hi

> I'm trying to cross compile webkit-gtk for MIPSle architecture and I'm
> stuck with one problem during compilation.
> I downloaded sources from www.webkitgtk.org, used
> /configure --prefix=/opt/usr/lib --with-target=directfb
> --host=mipsel-linux-gnu --with-gnu-ld
> CC=/opt/tuxbuilder-1.0/mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu/cross/bin/mipsel-
> unknown-li
> nux-gnu-gcc
> 
> and during compilation I got this:
> 
> /usr/bin/ld:
> WebKit/gtk/webkit/.libs/libwebkit_1_0_la-webkitsoupauthdialog.o:
> Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 8)
> /usr/bin/ld:

It seem that you are using LD for linking, it should be
mipsel-linux-gnu-ld instead, try to remove the --with-gnu-ld in the
configure

> WebKit/gtk/webkit/.libs/libwebkit_1_0_la-webkitsoupauthdialog.o:
> Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 8)
> /usr/bin/ld:
> WebKit/gtk/webkit/.libs/libwebkit_1_0_la-webkitsoupauthdialog.o:
> Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 8)
> WebKit/gtk/webkit/.libs/libwebkit_1_0_la-webkitsoupauthdialog.o: could
> not
> read symbols: File in wrong format
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> This behaviour occurs for both versions I tried: 1.1.12 and 1.1.13.
> I know that this error maybe caused by compilation done previously...
> but
> the compilation is clean and I've never compiled these sources for
> other
> than MIPS architecture.
> 
> I would appreciate a help or any hint that could move me forward with
> this.
> 
> Thanks in advance for answering and regards,
> Jakub 

Regards,
-Hieu