Re: Building tools on unsupported cpu/arch

[Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>]

On 20/06/2022 12.54, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 20.06.2022 13:31, Thomas Huth write:
>> On 30/04/2022 16.11, 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.
>>
>> Did you ever send a patch for this? I something like this should do the job:
>>
>> diff a/common-user/meson.build b/common-user/meson.build
>> --- a/common-user/meson.build
>> +++ b/common-user/meson.build
>> @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
>> +if not have_user
>> +   subdir_done()
>> +endif
>> +
> 
> https://salsa.debian.org/qemu-team/qemu/-/blob/master/debian/patches/common-user-no-user.patch 
> 
> 
> I dunno which one is right - "have_user" or "have_linux_user & have_bsd_user".

Both should be fine - have_user is just a shortcut:

$ grep have_user meson.build
have_user = have_linux_user or have_bsd_user
...

Could you send it as a proper patch? (otherwise I could assemble a patch, 
too, if you prefer that)

  Thanks,
   Thomas