Re: Building GCC under Cygwin. Please help.

["Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>]

> > 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?
>
>May I suggest you to try building a Canadian cross compiler: build a
>GNU/Linux/x86-x-arm-elf (that is reported to work), a
>GNU/Linux/x86-x-Cygwin tool-chain (that is also known to work), then
>use them to build a Cygwin-x-arm-elf on GNU/Linux/x86.

The reason I have to use cygwin in the first place is because the Linux 
machine I was using before is now decommissioned, and I don't have ready 
access to a Linux box.

So I'm not so keen on this idea; I've never built a Canadian cross before, 
and I really doubt I will be able to get it to work; I'm not a gcc expert. 
Backing up and reformatting a PC, installing and configuring Linux, and 
then struggling with the build process doesn't sound like a fun plan to me. 
(Plus having to restore the PC afterwards). I would have to start doing it 
on a Friday evening, and if I didn't have it completed by the Monday I'd 
have to blow everything away and lose whatever I'd finished.

Anyway, building for the native environment _ought_ to work! :)

=== Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Embedded Engineer)
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