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RE: Building GCC under Cygwin. Please help.
- To: "'Lewin A.R.W. Edwards'" <larwe at larwe dot com>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Subject: RE: Building GCC under Cygwin. Please help.
- From: David Korn <dkorn at pixelpower dot com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:50:09 +0100
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lewin A.R.W. Edwards [mailto:larwe@larwe.com]
>Sent: 30 March 2001 15:21
>Note that everything works just fine in Linux; this is a
>cygwin-specific
>weirdity. Might even be because of the version of native gcc
>or bison, etc.
>that comes with cygwin. Who knows?
Have you tried using linux to build a cygwin hosted arm-thumb
cross compiler (i.e. a Canadian cross) ? Just a thought, but it might
work.... and might even be easier than building the cross on cygwin
itself.
> I still don't agree with Red Hat's decision to
>implement text vs binary mount points either, I think it
>borders on the
>insane. Anyone who needs to use cygwin will be able to understand the
>concept of "you must use UNIX line termination in your text files".
As far as I can see, a mountpoint is just a short cut way to save
you having to actually run a dos2unix converter over files, and it
serves that simple and limited purpose very well. I always use a
text mode mountpoint in the path to the configure command when I'm
building gcc and as a result the only time I have trouble is when
fixincs somehow mangages to get CRLFs back into my header files. The
mountpoint does a simple job well, but I agree should not be pressed
into general service in other circumstances.
>Cygwin is a stabbing pain in the buttocks.
No, that's just the fork you left on your chair at lunchtime....
DaveK
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