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<p>----- Original message -----
<br>> Hey guys,
<br>>
<br>>
<br>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:24:01AM +0100, Balazs Scheidler wrote:
<br>>
<br>> > > > I am trying to cross compile syslog-ng for my embedded platform.
<br>> > > > When I run ./configure pointing it to the proper tool chain, it
<br>> > > > indicates "checking for pthread_spin_lock... no". And when I
<br>> > > > compile, it complains - "iv_thr.h:97: error: conflicting type
<br>> > > > qualifiers for 'pthread_spinlock_t'"
<br>> > >
<br>> > > I suspect ivykis (lib/ivykis/) is a bit buggy when
<br>> > > cross-compiling. Since it fails to detect pthread_spin_lock, it will
<br>> > > have HAVE_PTHREAD_SPIN_LOCK disabled, which in turn means that it
<br>> > > will try to typedef pthread_spinlock_t to an int. But! Your embedded
<br>> > > platform DOES have pthread_spin_lock_t, so this will fail.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > I would suggest editing lib/ivykis/config.h after configure, and
<br>> > > enabling HAVE_PTHREAD_SPIN_LOCK.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Hopefully this'll help.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > (Why the detection fails, though, is not entirely clear to me..)
<br>> >
<br>> > It'd make sense to forward this email to
<br>> > <a href="mailto:libivykis-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net">libivykis-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net</a> so the ivykis authors become
<br>> > aware of the issue.
<br>>
<br>> Upstream ivykis just assumes that pthread_spin_lock() is always
<br>> there, i.e. it doesn't even do a configure test for it, so I think
<br>> that this issue is due to a patch unique to syslog-ng's branch/fork
<br>> of ivykis.
<br>>
<br>
<br>oops. my bad. probably messed up the configure test. sorry for bothering you Lennart.</p>
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