RE: Problems building gcc-2.95 as cross compiler.

[David Korn <dkorn at pixelpower dot com>]

>Hi.
>I have some problems building a gcc-2.95 cross compiler from sources
>on a FreeBSD/i386 5.0-CURRENT system.  Target should be mips (r3000).
>The build directory I use is 'gcc_build', so I did a
>
>$ cd gcc_build
>$ ../gcc-2.95/configure --target=mips-ecoff 
>--prefix=~robert/gcc_install
>[...]
>$ make
>
>After a while, I get complains from xgcc that as does not accept a
>'-G' parameter.  I did a binutils 2.10 build with the same target
>before, so I backed up the original and moved binutils_build/gas/as-new
>to /usr/libexec/elf/as.

  Rule #1: Always use the same --prefix for your cross-binutils as you
want for the cross-compiler

>$ cd gcc
>$ make mips-tfile
>
>gcc -c -DCROSS_COMPILE -DIN_GCC    -g   -DHAVE_CONFIG_H    -I. 
>-I../../gcc-2.95/gcc -I../../gcc-2.95/gcc/config 
>-I../../gcc-2.95/gcc/../include ../../gcc-2.95/gcc/mips-tfile.c
>../../gcc-2.95/gcc/mips-tfile.c:673: mips/a.out.h: No such 
>file or directory
>*** Error code 1

  You have got your target headers installed, haven't you?

       DaveK
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