trouble cross-compiling Python 2 Xcode: kivy-ios distribution throwing error - ios

Question

I am trying to compile kity-ios from this tutorial. But after running tools/build-all.sh, I am getting the following error:
EDIT:
(...)
checking for armv7-apple-darwin-gcc... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/Users/marcelosalloum/Projects/kivy-ios/tmp/Python-2.7.1':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
When I check the config.log file, it shows:
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
It was created by python configure 2.7, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.65. Invocation command line was
$ ./configure CC= /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2 LD=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/ld CFLAGS=-march=armv7 -mcpu=arm176jzf -mcpu=cortex-a8 -pipe -no-cpp-precomp -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -O3 LDFLAGS=-isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -Lextralibs/ -lsqlite3 --without-pymalloc --disable-toolbox-glue --host=armv7-apple-darwin --prefix=/python --without-doc-strings
## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##
hostname = MacBook-Pro-de-Marcelo-Salloum.local
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 12.5.0
uname -s = Darwin
uname -v = Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Mon Jul 29 16:33:49 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64
/usr/bin/uname -p = i386
/bin/uname -X = unknown
/bin/arch = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo = Mach kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Mon Jul 29 16:33:49 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel configured for up to 2 processors.
2 processors are physically available.
2 processors are logically available.
Processor type: i486 (Intel 80486)
Processors active: 0 1
Primary memory available: 4.00 gigabytes
Default processor set: 122 tasks, 600 threads, 2 processors
Load average: 1.76, Mach factor: 0.43
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown
PATH: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin
PATH: /opt/local/bin
PATH: /opt/local/sbin
PATH: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin
PATH: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin
PATH: /opt/local/bin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /opt/X11/bin
PATH: /usr/local/git/bin
PATH: /usr/texbin
PATH: /Users/marcelosalloum/gsutil
PATH: /usr/local/mysql/bin
PATH: /opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-4.8
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##
configure:2747: checking for --enable-universalsdk
configure:2788: result: no
configure:2797: checking for --with-universal-archs
configure:2814: result: 32-bit
configure:2971: checking MACHDEP
configure:3119: result: darwin
configure:3125: checking EXTRAPLATDIR
configure:3140: result: $(PLATMACDIRS)
configure:3151: checking machine type as reported by uname -m
configure:3154: result: x86_64
configure:3167: checking for --without-gcc
configure:3211: result: no
configure:3232: checking for armv7-apple-darwin-gcc
configure:3259: result: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2
configure:3528: checking for C compiler version
configure:3537: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2 --version >&5
./configure: line 3539: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2: No such file or directory
configure:3548: $? = 127
configure:3537: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2 -v >&5
./configure: line 3539: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2: No such file or directory
configure:3548: $? = 127
configure:3537: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2 -V >&5
./configure: line 3539: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2: No such file or directory
configure:3548: $? = 127
configure:3537: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2 -qversion >&5
./configure: line 3539: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2: No such file or directory
configure:3548: $? = 127
configure:3568: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:3590: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2 -march=armv7 -mcpu=arm176jzf -mcpu=cortex-a8 -pipe -no-cpp-precomp -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -O3 -I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/include/ -I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/include/ -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -Lextralibs/ -lsqlite3 conftest.c >&5
./configure: line 3592: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2: No such file or directory
configure:3594: $? = 127
configure:3632: result: no
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
| #define _NETBSD_SOURCE 1
| #define __BSD_VISIBLE 1
| #define _BSD_TYPES 1
| #define _DARWIN_C_SOURCE 1
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:3637: error: in `/Users/marcelosalloum/Projects/kivy-ios/tmp/Python-2.7.1':
configure:3641: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##
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ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=set
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ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=set
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value='-I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/include/ -I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/include/'
ac_cv_env_CPP_set=set
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ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=set
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value='-isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -Lextralibs/ -lsqlite3'
ac_cv_env_LIBS_set=
ac_cv_env_LIBS_value=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
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ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=armv7-apple-darwin
ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
ac_cv_prog_CC=' /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2'
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## Output variables. ##
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CC=' /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2'
CCSHARED=''
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CFLAGSFORSHARED=''
CONFIGURE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=''
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CPP=' /usr/bin/cpp -I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/include/ -I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/include/'
CPPFLAGS='-I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/lib/gcc/arm-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/include/ -I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/include/'
CXX=''
DEFS=''
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DLLLIBRARY=''
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ECHO_N=''
ECHO_T=''
EGREP=''
EXEEXT=''
EXPORT_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='#'
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EXTRAPLATDIR='$(PLATMACDIRS)'
FRAMEWORKALTINSTALLFIRST=''
FRAMEWORKALTINSTALLLAST=''
FRAMEWORKINSTALLAPPSPREFIX=''
FRAMEWORKINSTALLFIRST=''
FRAMEWORKINSTALLLAST=''
FRAMEWORKUNIXTOOLSPREFIX='/python'
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GREP=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_3_ARG=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_5_ARG=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_6_ARG=''
INSTALL_DATA=''
INSTALL_PROGRAM=''
INSTALL_SCRIPT=''
INSTSONAME=''
LDCXXSHARED=''
LDFLAGS='-isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -Lextralibs/ -lsqlite3'
LDLAST=''
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LDLIBRARYDIR=''
LDSHARED=''
LIBC=''
LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR=''
LIBM=''
LIBOBJS=''
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LIBS=''
LIBTOOL_CRUFT=''
LINKCC=''
LINKFORSHARED=''
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LN=''
LTLIBOBJS=''
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MACHDEP_OBJS=''
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OBJEXT=''
OPT=''
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PACKAGE_STRING='python 2.7'
PACKAGE_TARNAME='python'
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RANLIB=''
RUNSHARED=''
SGI_ABI=''
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SO=''
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SRCDIRS=''
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THREADHEADERS=''
THREADOBJ=''
TRUE=''
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USE_THREAD_MODULE=''
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build_alias=''
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exec_prefix='NONE'
host_alias='armv7-apple-darwin'
htmldir='${docdir}'
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infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'
localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
mandir='${datarootdir}/man'
oldincludedir='/usr/include'
pdfdir='${docdir}'
prefix='/python'
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
psdir='${docdir}'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
target_alias=''
## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##
/* confdefs.h */
#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
#define _NETBSD_SOURCE 1
#define __BSD_VISIBLE 1
#define _BSD_TYPES 1
#define _DARWIN_C_SOURCE 1
configure: exit 77
It is important to know that I installed kivy dependencies through Macports and not Homebrew as recommended. Althoug I sopposed it would work.
EDIT:
The script searches for an arm llvm compiler in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2 but this file does not exist in this path. How can I find it or how to get around this issue?

Answer 1

I tested it on my Mac. Got the same error. Maybe you should follow the recipe and use brew? To understand me right: If the maintainer writes it that way I believe this is because of some reason. Maybe you ask him? I myself did not use brew before, but this page says it is less intrusive than fink and macports, so you may give it a try. Without guaranteeing anything... ;-)

Answer 2

This issue was fixed by Mathieu Virbel in https://github.com/kivy/kivy-ios/issues/63