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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 06:18:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: RE: Making GCC 2.95.2 Problems
To: "Boyer,Galen" <gboyer AT primix DOT com>,
        "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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Sorry, I was unaware that the link at sourceware was to the ftp directory.  Try
this one instead:

http://www.nanotech.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/index.html

RedHat/Cygnus could we update the pointer at the cygwin page please.

Earnie.

--- "Boyer,Galen" <gboyer AT primix DOT com> wrote:
> Okay,
> 
> http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/ is where I got my gcc-2.95.1 from so I
> was not completely out of the loop.  I am at least referencing the correct
> pages for software to download.  I downloaded, bunzipped and then followed
> instructions.  They started with:
> 
> The installation procedure is broken into five steps.
> 
> ...
> ...
> ...
> downloading the source
> configure
> build
> test (optional)
> install
> ...
> ...
> ...
> INSTALLING GCC: CONFIGURATION
> Like most GNU software, GCC must be configured before it can be built. This
> document describes the recommended configuration procedure for both native
> and cross targets.
> We use srcdir to refer to the toplevel source directory for GCC; we use
> objdir to refer to the toplevel build/object directory.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> To configure GCC:
> 
> % mkdir objdir
> % cd objdir
> % srcdir/configure [target] [options]
> target specification
> 
> I did not make an objdir, but instead guessed that
> c:/cygnus/cygwin-b20/usr/local was the objdir I needed. (Am I wrong here?)
> I then configured from the directory c:/cygnus/cygwin-b20/usr/local.  That
> was successful.
> 
> The next part of the documentation read:
> 
> INSTALLING GCC: BUILDING
> Now that GCC is configured, you are ready to build the compiler and runtime
> libraries.
> 
> Building a native compiler
> For a native build issue the command `make bootstrap'. This will build the
> entire GCC system, which includes the following steps:
> 
> I did this command in the local directory, and this is where I am stuck as
> referenced before.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 9:00 AM
> To: Boyer,Galen; 'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'
> Subject: RE: Making GCC 2.95.2 Problems
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Boyer,Galen" <gboyer AT primix DOT com> wrote:
> > There is a prebuilt version?  I thought I had to do this until the gcj
> > became part of the distribution with Emacs.  A prebuilt version would be
> > alot easier.  Is there a quick way to find this on the cygwin site, or do
> I
> > need to search a users group, ... ?  
> > 
> 
> Check the ported software column at http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/
> 
> > BTW, What should I pay attention to so that I know where prebuilts of
> > anything are?  I have subscribed to the cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com and
> > ntemacs-users AT cs DOT washington DOT edu for a while now.  Have announcements come
> > out and I have just missed them?  Maybe it is because Outlook limits my
> > ability to find and organize things.  (I have been Ctrl-A anything that
> > looks useful and then Alt-Tab'n to Emacs for saving these in text files
> with
> > the same emails of like topics.  I know that sure isn't the way to go, but
> > it is my way of keeping good things around for when I have time to try and
> > implement them)
> > 
> > Once I get this gcj thing going, I will tackle gnus and mail, but I have
> > read a few horror stories of people trying to use mail and getting
> > everything POP'd off their server and not being able to read there mail
> > through Outlook anymore.  Didn't want that to happen, so I have sort of
> > shied away from it.
> > 
> 
> Yes, this has been ported also.
> 
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