Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] gnutls failing to build

[Mark Brand]

Robert Lipe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently learned about MXE and was investigating it to replace the 
> hodgepodge of tools I use to build GPSBabel. It looks really 
> promising.   My goal is to be able to cross-compile code that uses Qt, 
> though I've used Mingw for cross builds for years. Unfortunately, I 
> ran into a problem I couldn't find in the mailing lists.
>
> I'm hosting on a Mountain Lion system. I installed MacPorts and all 
> the required packages via your directions.GCC and Binutils and all 
> their little helpers all build and work just fine.  But a dependency 
> for Qt jumps the rails.
>
> $ make qt
> [build]    gnutls
>
> Failed to build package gnutls!
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>     You should use the 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' macro instead.
> /opt/local/share/aclocal-1.13/obsolete-err.m4:12: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is 
> expanded from...
> configure.ac:30 <http://configure.ac:30>: the top level
> autom4te: /opt/local/bin/gm4 failed with exit status: 1
> aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1
> make[1]: *** [build-only-gnutls] Error 1
>
>
>  .git/HEAD shows I'm on stable, not dev, so I shouldn't have landed in 
> a risky place.

Robert,

The stable branch is quite old. I recommend trying the master branch 
now. A lot has happened in in qt (Qt 4) and Qt 5 has been added as 
separate modules (qtbase, etc). With any luck, gnutls will build there 
for you too.

Mark