Subject: Re: How to compile Git with NDK?

From: Stefan Beller <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 23:22:59 +0200

On 22.09.2014 21:04, Robert Dailey wrote:
> I run the following on Ubuntu:
> 
> fe@BLD01:~/code/git$ autoconf
> fe@BLD01:~/code/git$ ./configure --prefix=/home/fe/git-arm
> --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=arm-linux-androideabi
> configure: Setting lib to 'lib' (the default)
> configure: Will try -pthread then -lpthread to enable POSIX Threads.
> configure: CHECKS for site configuration
> checking for arm-linux-androideabi-gcc... arm-linux-androideabi-gcc
> checking whether the C compiler works... no
> configure: error: in `/home/fe/code/git':
> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details
> 
> 
> I have my NDK's prebuilt GCC 4.8 toolchain on PATH (the bin folder).
> Can someone help me cross compile Git using Android NDK toolchain?
> 
> Thanks.

You don't need autoconf, just type 'make' and you'll be fine.

Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.

    Stefan