[question] Meson + freetype fail to cross compile about conan HOT 5 CLOSED

Probably not a bug so changing the title. Probably something related to the fact that I am missing a correctly generated MesonToolchain?

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Hi @Slashcash - Thanks for opening the issue!

I think that we only need to set the compiler_executables in your profile:

your_host_profile

{% set os, arch, compiler, compiler_version, type = profile_name.split('-') %}
{% set toolchain = "toolchain-{}-{}-{}-{}/1.0".format(os, arch, compiler, compiler_version) %}
# .....

[conf]
tools.build:compiler_executables={'c': '/path/to/aarch64-gcc-11.3', 'cpp': '/path/to/aarch64-g++-11.3'}
tools.system.package_manager:mode=install
tools.system.package_manager:sudo=True

Let me know if setting that solved your issue 😁

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Hi @Slashcash - Thanks for opening the issue!

I think that we only need to set the compiler_executables in your profile:

your_host_profile

{% set os, arch, compiler, compiler_version, type = profile_name.split('-') %}
{% set toolchain = "toolchain-{}-{}-{}-{}/1.0".format(os, arch, compiler, compiler_version) %}
# .....

[conf]
tools.build:compiler_executables={'c': '/path/to/aarch64-gcc-11.3', 'cpp': '/path/to/aarch64-g++-11.3'}
tools.system.package_manager:mode=install
tools.system.package_manager:sudo=True

Let me know if setting that solved your issue 😁

I couldn't do this because the compiler path is unknown at profile-level (it ends up being deployed by Conan in a non predicible folder everytime)

But putting your suggestion in my toolchain recipe like this:

self.conf_info.define("tools.build:compiler_executables", {"c": os.path.join(compiler_path, compiler_c), "cpp": os.path.join(self.package_folder, compiler_cxx)})

works indeed! Thanks a lot!

Now I am confused a bit because I get why it was working up until now with CMake-based recipe. What I don't get is how it was magically working with make based recipe that I had in my dependencies. It's my understanding that this should have failed in a similar fashion! :D But that's another matter.

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works indeed! Thanks a lot!

That's great!

Now I am confused a bit because I get why it was working up until now with CMake-based recipe. What I don't get is how it was magically working with make based recipe that I had in my dependencies. It's my understanding that this should have failed in a similar fashion! :D But that's another matter.

It was working because of your toolchain-xxxx/1.0 as tool_requires injection. As the older versions were CMake-based, that toolchain was correctly injecting all the needed variables, but as it's Meson-based now, those variables are not affecting the freetype recipe 😓

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@Slashcash let me close the issue and put it as resolved.

Anyway, do not hesitate to reopen it if you have any other doubts.

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