[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Failure to compile Qt 3.3.5, Infinite loop in qemu-arm, bug in qemu-arm or gcc ?

[From: Lorn Potter]

Benno Senoner wrote:
> Hi,
> I installed scratchbox and the maemo sdk as described on the maemo site.
> 
> I can compile the hello-gtk example and other apps without problems.
> 
> I tried to compile Qt 3.3.5 from source:
> 
> ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-x11-free-3.3.5.tar.bz2
> 
> 
> I installed 2 toolchains:
> 
> http://www.scratchbox.org/download/files/sbox-releases/0.9.8/tarball/scratchbox-toolchain-arm-glibc-0.9.8.5.tar.gz 
> 
> 
> and
> 
> http://www.scratchbox.org/download/files/sbox-releases/0.9.8/tarball/scratchbox-toolchain-arm-gcc3.4.cs-glibc-0.9.8.5.tar.gz 
> 
> 
> 
> With the first toolchain (gcc 3.3)  I can
> run Qt's
> ./configure  and then when I issue make
> the compilation starts and  libqt-3.3.5.so seems to get built successfully.
> Afterwards it tries to build  Qt designer and at some point  uic hangs 
> indefinitely ,
> While the host box is relatively slow  VIA Nehemiah 1GHz , i686 
> compatible  I let the make process run
> for over a day but it seems it gets in some kind of infinite loop.
> 
>  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
> 13373 sbox      35  10 84164 9232   76 R 84.9  4.1   2008:30 qemu-arm
> 
> while compiling this file:
> 
> /home/sbox/qt-3.3.5/qt-x11-free-3.3.5/bin/uic -L 
> /home/sbox/qt-3.3.5/qt-x11-free-3.3.5/plugins pixmapfunction.ui -o 
> pixmapfunction.h
> 
> What could the cause be ?
> A bug in gcc that generates erratic code which makes the uic code loop 
> forever or could it be a bug in qemu-arm which causes this loop ?
> 
> I tried with the gcc-3.4 toolchain but in that case I cannot even run 
> configure since it says missing libstdc++.
> Any idea how I can compile Qt using the gcc-3.4 toolchain ?
> 
> Since Opera is a Qt app and is installed on the Nokia 770 I assume the 
> Opera guys found a way to compile Qt.
> 
> thanks in advance for your help,,
> 
> cheers,
> Benno

set the -xplatform configure argument.
./configure --help for more information



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Lorn 'ljp' Potter
Trolltech Qtopia Community Manager
Opie Core Developer
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