From 90900be5db1ac95537a83213e3d886f3df47e27a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Guidi Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2022 10:47:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Cross Compiling for Mac OS via `musl-cross` # Enhancement Update `README.md` with new instructions for Mac OS cross compiling. # Why? The current suggested solution `xgo` is no longer maintained (GitHub archived repository). # Credits Credits go to Pieter Claerhout (@pieterclaerhout) and his blog post: https://www.yellowduck.be/posts/cross-compile-a-go-package-which-uses-sqlite3 --- README.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 913bf6a7..9db6da66 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -218,14 +218,13 @@ This library can be cross-compiled. In some cases you are required to the `CC` environment variable with the cross compiler. ## Cross Compiling from MAC OSX -The simplest way to cross compile from OSX is to use [xgo](https://github.com/karalabe/xgo). +The simplest way to cross compile from OSX is to use [musl-cross](https://github.com/FiloSottile/homebrew-musl-cross). Steps: -- Install [xgo](https://github.com/karalabe/xgo) (`go get github.com/karalabe/xgo`). -- Ensure that your project is within your `GOPATH`. -- Run `xgo local/path/to/project`. +- Install [musl-cross](https://github.com/FiloSottile/homebrew-musl-cross) (`brew install FiloSottile/musl-cross/musl-cross`). +- Run `CC=x86_64-linux-musl-gcc CXX=x86_64-linux-musl-g++ GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags "-linkmode external -extldflags -static"`. -Please refer to the project's [README](https://github.com/karalabe/xgo/blob/master/README.md) for further information. +Please refer to the project's [README](https://github.com/FiloSottile/homebrew-musl-cross#readme) for further information. # Google Cloud Platform