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gnupg-2.2.6 fails to find correct library config programs when cross-compiling for ARM
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Attempts to cross compile gnupg-2.2.6 on an x86_64 build machine for ARM fail because the configure script fails to find the correct versions of the following library config programs:

  • gpg-error-config
  • ksba-config
  • libassuan-config
  • libgcrypt-config
  • npth-config

For gpg-error-config and libgcrypt-config, those .m4 files actually support looking in ${SYSROOT} for a cross-compile. The same bug exists for pinentry. They just look in ${SYSROOT}/bin instead of ${SYSROOT}/usr/bin where the programs actually are. For the other 3 cases, the .m4 files don´t support looking in ${SYSROOT} at all.

Since all 5 of those .m4 files are basically the same code, I was able to patch the other 3 .m4 files using gpg-error-config.m4 as a model.

The Gentoo bug report describing the problem in detail also has patches attached for all 5 files. And I was able to get a successful build with all 5 patches.

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External Link
https://bugs.gentoo.org/654042
Version
2.2.6

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jharvell created this task.Apr 27 2018, 7:37 PM
• werner triaged this task as Low priority.Apr 28 2018, 12:29 PM
• werner edited projects, added Feature Request; removed Bug Report.
• werner added a subscriber: • werner.

SYSROOT support is not yet fully implemented. You need to give the --with-foo options for each package.
I will retitle this bug to indicates tha tit is a feature request.

jharvell added a comment.Apr 28 2018, 7:12 PM

You need to give the --with-foo options for each package.

What do mean by this?

• gniibe claimed this task.Jun 4 2019, 4:41 AM
• gniibe added a comment.Nov 10 2020, 6:45 AM

In newer releases of libgpg-error, libksba, libassuan, libgcrypt, npth and ntbtls, we updated corresponding *.m4, so that we can use new gpgrt-config program only. And gpgrt-config command supports cross compiling and multiarch libraries.

In the master branch of GnuPG, we use updated gpg-error.m4, ksba.m4, libassuan.m4, libgcrypt.m4, npth.m4, and ntbtls.m4 to take advantage of this new feature.

See T5034: dev: Deprecate libassuan-config, libgcrypt-config, ksba-config, ntbtls-config, npth-config, and gpg-error-config.

We won't fix this for GnuPG 2.2, but if you really needed, you can use updated *.m4 in master.

• gniibe closed this task as Wontfix.Nov 10 2020, 6:48 AM

The feature (better cross compiling) was done in master.
We close this bug report as "Won't fix" since it will never been applied to 2.2.

jharvell added a comment.Nov 10 2020, 4:14 PM

Thanks for addressing this in master.