Now, that we can cross-compile node for Android, we also need to take
care of native node modules installed with npm. Since there is no way to
install and run npm on an Android device, we could instal node on host
and setup an environment for installing node modules and cross-compile
the native sources using Android NDK.
The changes to this script will allow npm, when installing a module, to
compile it using NDK.
In order to do this, the developer should do the following steps:
1. Compile and install node on host, using: configure, make and make
install
2. Build node for Android, using: source android-configure <path_to_ndk>
arch and make
3. Push node binary to Android device
4. Using the same session, configure npm arch using: npm config set
arch=<arch>
5. Install desired node modules using: npm install
6. Push installed node modules to Android device
Signed-off-by: Robert Chiras <robert.chiras@intel.com>
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6349
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Modified android-configure script to support also x86 arch.
Currently added support only for ia32 target arch.
Also, compile openssl without asm, since using the asm sources will make
node fail to run on Android, because it adds text relocations.
Signed-off-by: Robert Chiras <robert.chiras@intel.com>
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5544
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
The introduction of libuv 1.6.0 broke the android-configure script by
not specifying the correct platform. uv_os_homedir uses getpwuid_r
which was not made public until API level 21 on android.
The regression was introduced in a804026...b5cd2f0
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2501
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Snapshots speed up start-up by a few milliseconds but are potentially
dangerous because of the fixed hash seed that is used for strings and
dictionaries, making collision denial-of-service attacks possible.
Release builds on iojs.org have snapshots disabled but source builds
did not, until now.
The risk for individual source builds is low; the binary gets a random
32 bits hash seed that should be hard to guess by an external attacker.
It's when binaries are distributed by, for example, a distro vendor
that the fixed hash seed becomes a vulnerability, because then it's
possible to target a large group of people at once.
People that really need the faster start-up time can use the new
--with-snapshot configure flag.
PR-URL: https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/585
Reviewed-By: Bert Belder <bertbelder@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Johan Bergström <bugs@bergstroem.nu>
Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org>
Resolves minor discrepancies between android and standard POSIX systems.
In addition, some configure parameters were added, and a helper-script
for android configuration. Ideally, this script should be merged into
the standard configure script.
To build for android, source the android-configure script with an NDK
path:
source ./android-configure ~/android-ndk-r8d
This will create an android standalone toolchain and export the
necessary environment parameters.
After that, build as normal:
make -j8
After the build, you should now have android-compatible NodeJS binaries.
