[THRIFT-2565] autoconf fails to find mingw-g++ cross compiler on travis CI

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.2
• Component/s: Build Process
• Labels: autoconf travis

Environment

travis CI

• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Henrique Mendonca
• Reporter: Henrique Mendonca
• Created: 04/Jun/14 16:10
• Updated: 04/Jun/14 18:35
• Resolved: 04/Jun/14 16:24

Description

As mentioned on THRIFT-2534, autoconf fails to find the mingw-g++ cross compiler on travis CI. However, it does find the mingw ranlib and uses it, resulting on a link error: libparse.a: could not read symbols: Archive has no index; run ranlib to add one
It works if we specify the cross compiler by hand but it might fail then on incompatible platforms.
Does anyone have a better idea?