From 74c4b648cb0a29a8ca29681d5144eca295ed2cf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kun Zhang Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 16:32:21 -0700 Subject: Make cross-compilation possible --- protoc-artifacts/README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'protoc-artifacts/README.md') diff --git a/protoc-artifacts/README.md b/protoc-artifacts/README.md index e99e4745..caabc1cb 100644 --- a/protoc-artifacts/README.md +++ b/protoc-artifacts/README.md @@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ The following command will install the ``protoc`` artifact to your local Maven r $ mvn install ``` +## Cross-compilation +The Maven script will try to detect the OS and the architecture from Java +system properties. It's possible to build a protoc binary for an arhitecture +that is different from what Java has detected, as long as you have the proper +compilers installed. For example, MingGW32 only ships with 32-bit compilers, +but you can still build 32-bit protoc under a 64-bit system, with the following +command: +``` +$ mvn install -Dos.detected.arch=x86_32 +``` + ## To push artifacts to Maven Central Before you can upload artifacts to Maven Central repository, make sure you have read [this page](http://central.sonatype.org/pages/apache-maven.html) on how to -- cgit v1.2.3