Mathieu Othacehe schreef op di 31-08-2021 om 11:49 [+0200]:
> Hey,
> 
> Thanks for investigating it.
> 
> > One ‘solution’ is to run g-ir-scanner under QEMU:
> > <https://maxice8.github.io/8-cross-the-gir/>;.  That isn't really cross-compilation
> > though, but emulated compilation, so it won't work with the Hurd.
> > Might be good enough for cross-compiling between Linux targets though ...
> 
> Yes, looks like some projects such as Yocto[1] and Void[2] are also
> using this solution.Requiring transparent emulating through QEMU while
> cross-compiling will for sure make the process more complex.

FWIW, IIUC, qemu-binfmt-style _transparent_ emulation is not required.  "meson" can
be told where to find the QEMU binary, with an option in the ‘cross file’.

Greetings,
Maxime.