Re: crosscompiling gcc to run on windows an compile for linux

[Marco Trudel <mtrudel at gmx dot ch>]

I solved this one: I had some ld 3.x and 4.x mixing problems. Now it 
works...

regards
Marco


Marco Trudel wrote:
> Hello list
>
> I'm creating a gcc that runs on windows and compiles for linux. I can 
> successfully build it, if not using "with-sysroot". But if I set 
> --with-sysroot=foobar/sys-root and --with-build-sysroot=foobar/sys-root, 
> compilation always fails with:
>
> checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: cannot compute 
> suffix of object files: cannot compile
>
> I guess that I'm missing some includes or libs, but can't figure out 
> which ones... I copy:
> /usr/include to sys-root/usr/include
> /lib to sys-root/lib
> i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include to sys-root/include
>
> Unfortunately I haven't found anything useful on google. If someone got 
> the same problem, there never was an answer.
>
>
> Another thing that surprised me:
> Firstly, I compile gcc so that it runs on linux and compiles for windows.
> If I use this compiler to create a gcc that runs on windows and compiles 
> for windows, it works.
> If I use this compiler to create a gcc that runs on windows and compiles 
> for linux, I additionally need a gcc that runs on linux and compiles for 
> linux (i686-pc-linux-gnu-cc and i686-pc-linux-gnu-nm is needed).
>
>
> Hm, should I better ask such questions to the gcc-help mailinglist?
>
>
> regards
> Marco