[erlang-bugs] Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")" ) when cross compiling

[Michael.K.Schmidt@REDACTED]

erlang-bugs-bounces@REDACTED wrote on 07/18/2014 12:57:32 AM:

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> [erlang-bugs] Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")" ) when
> cross compiling
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> Hi everyone.
>       I did a cross compiling with the command:
>       ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabif
>       Duiring compilation, I got such error:
>
>  === Entering application hipe
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dmy/App/otp_src_17.0/lib/hipe/misc'
>  ERLC ../ebin/hipe_consttab.beam
> /home/dmy/App/otp_src_17.0/bootstrap/bin/erlc: 1:
> /home/dmy/App/otp_src_17.0/bootstrap/bin/erlc: Syntax error: word
> unexpected (expecting ")")
> make[3]: *** [../ebin/hipe_consttab.beam] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dmy/App/otp_src_17.0/lib/hipe/misc'
> make[2]: *** [opt] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dmy/App/otp_src_17.0/lib/hipe'
> make[1]: *** [opt] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dmy/App/otp_src_17.0/lib'
> make: *** [secondary_bootstrap_build] Error 2
>
>     When I went to /home/dmy/App/otp_src_17.0/lib/hipe/ebin, I didn't
> find hipe_consttab.beam.
>
>     I could successfully compiled a x86 erlang on my linux mint, but
> got that error while cross compling.

Cross compiling to ARM is a little involved.  See if either of these
projects meet your needs:

Nerves:
http://nerves-project.org/
Is based on Buildroot.  If Erlang is the only thing you are putting on your
ARM image, then this is a good option

Yocto:
http://www.yoctoproject.org/
https://github.com/joaohf/meta-erlang

Yocto is arguably more full featured, but some assembly is required.  See
joahf's layer for adding Erlang to a build.  It is fairly easy to modify
his source to point to a newer release if you need it.

I believe both projects have to patch the OTP source in order to build
correctly.

Hope that helps,
Mike