[PATCH 1/5] Enable cross compiling

[Clayton Shotwell]

Steve,

Thanks for taking a look at my patch.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Steve Grubb <sgrubb at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, May 28, 2015 08:04:05 AM Clayton Shotwell wrote:
>> During the audit build, several lookup tables are generated as header
>> files that are then linked in with the executables. This process is done
>> by a C application that needs to be able to be run on the host. The
>> current Makfile structure tries to build these executables for the
>> target instead of the host where they cannot be executed. This patch
>> reworks the Makefile structure to build for the correct platform.
>>
>> This patch is a rework of a patch posted to the audit mailing list at
>> the link below.
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-audit/2012-November/msg00000.html
>>
>> The ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4 file was obtained from GNU at the link
>> below.
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_prog_cc_for_build.html
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Clayton Shotwell <clayton.shotwell at rockwellcollins.com>
>
> This patch causes a problem during a normal build:
>
> Making all in lib
> make[2]: Entering directory '/home/sgrubb/working/BUILD/audit-2.4.3/lib'
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target 'gen_tables.c', needed by
> 'gen_actiontabs_h'.  Stop.

That's odd. I'll see if I can reproduce it here and get the patch reworked.

Thanks,
Clayton

Clayton Shotwell
Senior Software Engineer, Rockwell Collins
clayton.shotwell at rockwellcollins.com