Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/08/04/03:07:33
On Mon, 3 Aug 1998 matthew DOT krause AT juno DOT com wrote:
> I recently downloaded EGCS, the Experimental GNU Compiler System. The DL
> was just sources, and I'm not sure how to build it (I'm kinda new to this
> type of thing). The directions didn't help too much.
>
> The docs say:
>
>
> To configure egcs:
>
>
> % mkdir objdir
> % cd objdir
> % srcdir/configure [target] [options]
>
> target specification
> * egcs has code to correctly determine the correct value for target
> for nearly all native systems. Therefore, we highly recommend you
> not provide a configure target when configuring a native compiler.
>
> The DL, however, didn't include configure.exe, just a batch file which
> called one. So, I guess my questions are 1. Is there a DJGPP configure,
> and where can I get it? 2. Has anyone tried to build EGCS? 3. Am I
> missing something important (like no MSDOS support for EGCS)? **Please
> tell me if so**
>
> Kindly note: I know this is slightly offtopic, but the people who read
> c.o.m.d, I've noticed, are some of the brightest on the net.
>
It is not so easy. (Especially if You want to do this on system that
doesn't support LFN for DJGPP (all systems except Windows-9X))
The DJGPP specific files in official distribution of gcc and egcs
if slightly outdated. Therefore if You try to build from sources
You have You'll lose many changes that are done for DJGPP port of
gcc-2.8.1.
You also need to install rather big number of different GNU packages.
I'm not going to name them all.
My recommendation if to download binaries of DJGPP port of gcc-2.8.1
(v2/gcc281b.zip, v2/gpp281b.zip, v2/lgp2811b.zip)
Andris
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