Bugs item #3307835, was opened at 2011-05-26 06:34
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Category: compile or build problem
Group: portability problem
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: https://www.google.com/accounts ()
Assigned to: Daniel Stenberg (bagder)
Summary: patch for cross compilation for libcurl-7.21.6

Initial Comment:
When cross compiling libcurl the test for the existence of /dev/random (or $RANDOM) file fails as a result of cross_compiling being set in the environment.

The following patch for libcurl-7.21.6/configure.ac works around this by eliminating the test when cross_compiling is set:

1625c1625,1629
< AC_CHECK_FILE("/dev/urandom", [ RANDOM_FILE="/dev/urandom"] )

---
>         if test -z "$cross_compiling"; then
>             AC_CHECK_FILE("/dev/urandom", [ RANDOM_FILE="/dev/urandom"] )
>         else
>             echo "Not checking for existence of $RANDOM_FILE when cross_compil ing"
>           fi
Thanks,
Bill.
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