Re: linux-ppc harfbuzz GUB build error

[Hans Aikema]

On 12 Dec 2016, at 15:41, Masamichi Hosoda <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Meanwhile took a look on the rest of the logfile and spotted a bunch of 
>> “checking <….>… no”… any of those a concern in your experience?
>> 
>> checking for powerpc-linux-dlltool... no
>> checking for dlltool... no
>> checking for sysroot... no
>> checking for powerpc-linux-mt... no
>> checking for mt... no
>> checking if : is a manifest tool... no
>> checking if powerpc-linux-gcc  supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
>> checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
>> checking whether to build static libraries... no
>> checking for gtk-doc... no
>> checking for gtkdoc-check... no
>> checking for gtkdoc-check... no
>> checking for gtkdoc-rebase... no
>> checking for gtkdoc-mkpdf... no
>> checking whether to build gtk-doc documentation... no
>> checking for native Win32... no
>> checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
>> checking whether pthreads work without any flags... no
>> checking whether pthreads work with -Kthread... no
>> checking whether pthreads work with -kthread... no
>> checking for the pthreads library -llthread... no
>> checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... no
>> checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT... no
>> checking for FONTCONFIG... no
>> checking for ICU... no
>> checking for powerpc-linux-icu-config... no
> 
> I've noticed the difference between your log and my log.
> 
> Your first log file:
> 
> checking for FONTCONFIG... no
> checking for ICU... no
> checking for powerpc-linux-icu-config... no
> checking for icu-config... icu-config
> configure: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet
> checking for ICU by using icu-config fallback... yes
> checking for FREETYPE... yes
> [...snip...]
> Unicode callbacks (you want at least one):
>        Glib:                   true
>        ICU:                    true
>        UCDN:                   true
> 
> My log file:
> 
> checking for FONTCONFIG... no
> checking for ICU... no
> checking for powerpc-linux-icu-config... no
> checking for icu-config... no
> checking for ICU by using icu-config fallback... no
> checking for FREETYPE... yes
> [...snip...]
> Unicode callbacks (you want at least one):
>        Glib:                   true
>        ICU:                    false
>        UCDN:                   true
> 
> Maybe the issue is to use ICU of CentOS system.
> 
> I've created a patch.
> https://github.com/trueroad/gub/commit/081cc91f698186795dca45e8d6db8af6616826d4
> 
> If this patch solves the issue, I will send the pull request.

New gub bootstrapped from you repo; running a trialbuild tonight… more to 
follow tomorrow