[Bug driver/14601] New: MinGW/MSYS bootstrapped compiler doesn't work

stl at caltech dot edu gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Tue Mar 16 09:54:00 GMT 2004


I currently use MinGW gcc 3.3 crossed over from i686-pc-linux-gnu. It lives in 
C:\MinGW. If I compile a Hello World program with g++ -v, it says (in part):

ignoring nonexistent directory "C:/MinGW/mingw32/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/home/stl/temp/dest/include/c++/3.3"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/home/stl/temp/dest/include/c++/3.3/mingw32"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/home/stl/temp/dest/include/c++/3.3/backward"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/home/stl/temp/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/home/stl/temp/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/home/stl/temp/dest/lib/gcc-
lib/mingw32/3.3/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/home/stl/temp/dest/mingw32/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/mingw32/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 C:/MinGW/include/c++/3.3
 C:/MinGW/include/c++/3.3/mingw32
 C:/MinGW/include/c++/3.3/backward
 C:/MinGW/include
 C:/MinGW/lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.3/include
End of search list.

It produces a hello.exe that works.

I bootstrapped 3.3.3 in MinGW/MSYS. I put it in C:\Temp\gcc\gcc-3.3.3-meow. It 
says:

ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.3.3"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.3.3/i686-pc-
mingw32"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.3.3/backward"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/c/temp/gcc/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-
mingw32/3.3.3/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/i686-pc-mingw32/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 C:/Temp/gcc/gcc-3.3.3-meow/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.3/include
 /mingw/include
End of search list.

It then fails to find <iostream>.

All of the MinGW/MSYS bootstrapped gcc's I've been accumulating - 3.3, 3.3.1, 
3.3.3, and 3.4-20040310 with the PR12974 and PR14291 patches - have this same 
problem.

3.3 living in C:\Temp\gcc\gcc-3.3-hiss says:

ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.3"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.3/i686-pc-
mingw32"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.3/backward"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/c/temp/gcc/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-
mingw32/3.3/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/i686-pc-mingw32/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/mingw32/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 C:/Temp/gcc/gcc-3.3-hiss/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3/include
End of search list.

3.3.1 living in C:\Temp\gcc\gcc-3.3.1-purr says:

ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.3.1"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.3.1/i686-pc-
mingw32"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.3.1/backward"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/c/temp/gcc/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-
mingw32/3.3.1/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/i686-pc-mingw32/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 C:/Temp/gcc/gcc-3.3.1-purr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1/include
 /mingw/include
End of search list.

3.4.0 living in C:\Temp\gcc\gcc-3.4.0-oink says:

ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.4.0"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.4.0/i686-pc-
mingw32"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include/c++/3.4.0/backward"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/c/temp/gcc/dest/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/lib/gcc/i686-pc-
mingw32/3.4.0/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/temp/gcc/dest/i686-pc-mingw32/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 C:\Temp\gcc\gcc-3.4-oink\bin\../lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.4.0/include
 /mingw/include
End of search list.

Interestingly, compiling hello.c using stdio.h with gcc 3.3.3 worked. I don't 
know why.

Is this a problem with gcc? Am I not configuring my bootstraps properly? Since 
I can cross a compiler over and then move it to any old directory (i.e. 
C:\MinGW) I like, I figure that I should be able to bootstrap with a 
destination of C:\Temp\gcc\dest and then move it to any old directory.

This is how I configured 3.3 during the cross:

Reading specs from C:/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.3/specs
Configured with: /home/stl/temp/src/configure --prefix=/home/stl/temp/dest --
build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=mingw32 --ta
rget=mingw32 --enable-languages=c,c++ --with-gcc --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --
with-as=/home/stl/xmingw32/bin/mingw32-as
 --with-ld=/home/stl/xmingw32/bin/mingw32-ld --enable-threads=win32 --disable-
nls --disable-win32-registry --disable-sha
red --enable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-debug --without-newlib
Thread model: win32
gcc version 3.3 (mingw special 20030514-1)

This is how I configured the 3.3.3 bootstrap:

Using built-in specs.
Configured with: ../src/configure --prefix=/c/temp/gcc/dest --enable-
languages=c,c++ --enable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-t
hreads=win32 --disable-win32-registry --disable-shared --without-newlib --
disable-nls --disable-debug
Thread model: win32
gcc version 3.3.3 (mingw special)

-- 
           Summary: MinGW/MSYS bootstrapped compiler doesn't work
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.3.3
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: driver
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: stl at caltech dot edu
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14601



More information about the Gcc-bugs mailing list