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Subject:	RE: Cross-compiling instructions at http://x.cygwin.com/docs/cg/prog-build-cross.html obsolete?
Date:	Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:29:27 +0100
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On 14 July 2006 16:21, Alain Knaff wrote:


> I'm trying to build a Cygwin cross compiler (i.e. a compiler that runs
> on Linux but generates binaries that run on Cygwin)
> For this, I tried to follow the instructions at
> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/cg/prog-build-cross.html
> 
> However, these seem to be obsolete.
> 
> Indeed, on my Fedora Core 5, I get the following error when attempting
> to configure gcc:

> Copying no to /home/aknaff/cygwin/i686-pc-cygwin/sys-include
> /tmp/cNf677/cNf677.tgt: line 821: cd: no: No such file or directory
> Created "Makefile" in /home/aknaff/cygwin/src/gcc-3.3.1/build
> /tmp/ccvcwlyc.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/ccvcwlyc.s:5: Warning: .type pseudo-op used outside of .def/.endef
> ignored.
> /tmp/ccvcwlyc.s:5: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized
> character is `m'
> /tmp/ccvcwlyc.s:18: Warning: .size pseudo-op used outside of .def/.endef
> ignored.
> /tmp/ccvcwlyc.s:18: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized
> character is `m'
> /tmp/ccvcwlyc.s:20: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized
> character is `-'
> *** The command 'gcc -o conftest -O2   conftest.c' failed.
> *** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.


  My guess is you'd have forgotten step 9, and so it can't find the
cross-binutils, and ends up attempting to use your native compiler, which is
getting confused.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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