Re: Building tools on unsupported cpu/arch

[Richard Henderson]

On 4/30/22 07:11, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Previously, it was possible to build qemu tools (such as qemu-img, or qemu-ga)
> on an unsupported cpu/architecture.  In a hackish way, by specifying
> --enable-tcg-interpreter on the ./configure line.
>
> Today (with 7.0), it does not work anymore, with the following error
> during configure:
>
>   common-user/meson.build:1:0: ERROR: Include dir host/unknown does not exist.
>
> This is with --disable-system --disable-linux-user --disable-user.
>
> And without --enable-tcg-interpreter, it gives:
>
>   meson.build:390:6: ERROR: Problem encountered: Unsupported CPU m68k, try 
> --enable-tcg-interpreter
>
> What's the way to build tools on an unsupported architecture these days?

Hmm, well, there isn't a way.  This seems like a bug in common-user/meson.build.
We should not add this include directory if neither linux-user and bsd-user are 
enabled.


r~