try with patches

Author: MaximeBouton

build_tarballs.jl

@@ -8,13 +8,22 @@ version = v"1.8.5" # also change in raw script string
 sources = [
     "http://download.osgeo.org/libspatialindex/spatialindex-src-$version.tar.bz2" =>
     "31ec0a9305c3bd6b4ad60a5261cba5402366dd7d1969a8846099717778e9a50a",
+    "./patches"
 ]
 
 # Bash recipe for building across all platforms
 script = raw"""
 cd $WORKSPACE/srcdir
+
 cd spatialindex-src-1.8.5/
 
+patch < ${WORKSPACE}/srcdir/makefile.patch
+rm Makefile.am.orig
+
+if [ $target = "x86_64-w64-mingw32" ] || [ $target = "i686-w64-mingw32"]; then
+  patch < ${WORKSPACE}/srcdir/header-check.patch
+fi
+
 # Show options in the log
 ./configure --help
 
@@ -25,7 +34,7 @@ make install
 
 # These are the platforms we will build for by default, unless further
 # platforms are passed in on the command line
-platforms = supported_platforms()
+platforms = [Windows(:x86_64)] #supported_platforms()
 
 # The products that we will ensure are always built
 products(prefix) = [

patches/header-check.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+This file is part of MXE. See LICENSE.md for licensing information.
+
+Contains ad hoc patches for cross building.
+
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Luke Potgieter <fried.roadkill+ght@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:53:39 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Remove explicit header check - mingw does not ship with
+ this header.
+
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(pthread.h, [
+ LIBS="$LIBS -lpthread"
+ #endif])
+ 
+-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/resource.h,, [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find sys/resource.h, bailing out])])
++#AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/resource.h,, [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find sys/resource.h, bailing out])])
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/time.h,, [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find sys/time.h, bailing out])])
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h,, [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find stdint.h, bailing out])])
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(features.h)

patches/makefile.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- Makefile.am.orig
++++ Makefile.am
+@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@
+        libspatialindex.la \
+        src/capi/libsidxc.la
+
+-libspatialindex_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 4:1:0 -no-undefined -lstdc++
+-libspatialindex_c_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 4:1:0 -no-undefined -lstdc++
++# Dummy file to force C++ linking, see this page for more details:
++# https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Libtool-Convenience-Libraries.html
++nodist_EXTRA_libspatialindex_la_SOURCES = dummy.cxx
++nodist_EXTRA_libspatialindex_c_la_SOURCES = dummy.cxx
++
++libspatialindex_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 4:1:0 -no-undefined
++libspatialindex_c_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 4:1:0 -no-undefined
+
+ EXTRA_DIST = INSTALL.WIN \
+              spatialindex.sln \