From:	Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id:	<199911061405.PAA25892@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject:	binutils building problem
To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Sat, 6 Nov 1999 15:05:10 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.A41.4.05.9911040955430.85860-100000@ieva01.lanet.lv> from Andris Pavenis at "Nov 4, 99 10:10:26 am"
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Hello Andris.


I tried to build binutils 2.8.1 from the sources in bnu281s.zip from a
simtel.net mirror.

First problem: configure.bat have probelms applying the patches:

"bash$ cd hackery/binutils2.81.another_one/gnu/binutl-2.81/
bash$ ./configure.bat
Applying DJGPP specific patches ...
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- binutils/nlmconv.c~        Wed Apr 30 18:59:12 1997
|+++ binutils/nlmconv.c Sat Jun 28 21:39:44 1997
--------------------------
File to patch: 1111
Skip this patch? [y]
Skipping patch.
3 out of 3 hunks ignored"

(I entered 1111 and a lot of C-cs to stop it).

Totally confused I let it rest for a day or so, then I ran
"./configure.bat |tee configure.bat.log" to save the result for
mailing to you. Now it worked!

Something is wrong somewhere. Do you have any ideas? Perhaps this
should be asked on DJGPP-WORKERS? If you think so, please forward this
mail.


Second problem: make fails (I'm running it in emacs):

"gcc -c -D_GNU_SOURCE     -I. -I. -I./../include  -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer i386aout.c
if [ -n "" ]; then \
  gcc -c  -D_GNU_SOURCE     -I. -I. -I./../include  -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer aout32.c -o pic/aout32.o; \
else true; fi
gcc -c -D_GNU_SOURCE     -I. -I. -I./../include  -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer aout32.c
make.exe[1]: *** No rule to make target `i386msdos.c', needed by `i386msdos.o'. Stop.
make.exe[1]: Leaving directory `f:/hackery/binutils2.81/gnu/binutl-2.81/bfd'
make.exe: *** [all-bfd] Error 2

Compilation exited abnormally with code 2 at Sat Nov  6 14:40:18
"

What should I do now?


Third problem: strange link message while building binutils 2.9.1:
Well, there's nothing stopping me now, I thought, let's go for
binutils 2.9.1. It seems to make correctly, but I get these strange
messages from the make process (the first two):

"gcc -g -o size size.o bucomm.o version.o filemode.o ../bfd/.libs/libbfd.a ../libiberty/libiberty.a
f:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: size: warning: .text: line number overflow: 0x16f8b > 0xffff"

and 

"gcc -g -o objdump objdump.o prdbg.o rddbg.o debug.o stabs.o ieee.o rdcoff.o bucomm.o version.o filemode.o ../opcodes/.libs/libopcodes.a ../bfd/.libs/libbfd.a ../libiberty/libiberty.a
f:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: objdump: warning: .text: line number overflow: 0x1b314 > 0xffff"

There are a total of 16 of such warnings. Are they be taken as
"comiplation failed" or are they harmless? What do they mean (if you
know)?


Thanks!


U2, The Unforgettable Fire,

							MartinS

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