crosscompile xkbcommon on linux for windows (2/2) about libxkbcommon HOT 5 OPEN

It would be nice, if i could simply turn these off by a meson switch.?

I reckon we'll eventually end up with enable-tests and run-tests meson options :) Because that happens with all other projects that have this requirement - on some systems building the tests isn't needed/wanted (usually on constrained systems) and on others building is wanted but running them isn't.

Do feel free to submit a PR though :)

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Thank you for the invitation to state a PR. Right now I have the feeling of having already too many projects. Lets see if I find the time …

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Hmm is the tests don't build when cross-compiling then that should be fixed I think? Compiling tests is no different from compiling the lib.

What are the errors compiling the tests?

they would not run on the build-host (linux) since the target-system is windows.

This is the reality in every cross-compiling scenario. The solution is to just not run the tests :) Or am I missing something?

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;-) The point is that there is no switch to turn the test off. (Half a year ago)
Or I have not found it.

I had to change the meson.build script for that. Which is fine unless I intend to regularly pull updates and have to update the build scrip every time.

Andreas

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Example from other libraries:

meson setup . builddir --cross-file ../../cross_file.txt -Dprefix=${PREFIX} \
-Dwin32-backend=true -Dx11-backend=false -Dwayland-backend=false

see
https://github.com/awarnke/crystal-facet-uml/blob/master/build/win/3rd_party/5_compile_graphics_libraries.sh#L142

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