Bugs item #3307835, was opened at 2011-05-26 08:34
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Category: compile or build problem
Group: portability problem
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
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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>Comment By: Daniel Stenberg (bagder)
Date: 2011-05-30 12:12
Message:
The spirit of this fix is now pushed in commit a87102c7923bb29302
Your exact patch was not working though as
A) the variable check is wrong (as it contains "no" when not
cross-compiling)
B) the $RANDOM_FILE variable isn't always set
Thanks!
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