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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:11:43 -0400
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: New GCC available for testing (TRY 3) -- fixes -mno-cygwin pr oblem
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In-Reply-To: <C9A8E1D07093D111B76A0000F8C9918A03BD4AA4@zrtpd003.us.nortel.com>; from cbjones@nortelnetworks.com on Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 06:48:17PM -0400

On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 06:48:17PM -0400, Christopher Jones wrote:
>AC_CYGWIN keeps saying 'no' although I'm running configure from within bash
>and using cygwin latest from two days ago (1.1.2).  This message seemed
>relevant.

Gcc was released several days ago and I've seen at least one success
report on it.  It sounds like something is screwed up in your setup.
'gcc -v' might show exactly what.

cgf

>Trying to compile a simple program like the following fails... should be
>fairly similar to what autoconf is doing by my reading of the macro.
>
>#ifndef __CYGWIN__
>#define __CYGWIN__ __CYGWIN32__
>#endif
>
>int main(int argc, char **argv) {
>return __CYGWIN__;
>}
>
>//RTP-CBJONES/...//tmp $ gcc a.c
>cpp: unrecognized option `-remap'
>cpp: unrecognized option `-remap'
>...
>
>gcc-2.95.2
>binutils-19990818-2
>
>Brian
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris Faylor [mailto:cgf AT cygnus DOT com]
>> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 1:18 PM
>> To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; bruce AT objectcentral DOT com
>> Subject: New GCC available for testing (TRY 3) -- fixes -mno-cygwin
>> problem
>> 
>> 
>> I've uploaded a new version of gcc that does not use any MSVCRT stuff.
>> It is at the URL below.  AFAIK, only the specs file has changed.
>> 
>> I understand that adding msvcrt support would be a wonderful idea, but
>> it is outside of the scope of what I am currently trying to do.  I'm
>> just trying to get -mno-cygwin working along with incorporating a few
>> bug fixes and improvements in gcc/binutils.  I'm not trying to augment
>> the -mno-cygwin support at this time.
>> 
>> I'll let Mumit Khan do that, or if someone else wants to volunteer I'm
>> willing to send them my sources and binaries.
>> 
>> Btw, if anyone has specs file changes I would appreciate 
>> getting patches
>> to the gcc/config/cygwin.h file rather than to the specs file itself.
>> It is a lot less error-prone that way.
>> 
>> cgf
>> 
>> On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 11:59:22PM -0400, Chris Faylor wrote:
>> >I've uploaded another new version of gcc and binutils to the URLs
>> >mentioned below.  This version of gcc seems to address the 
>> issues raised
>> >by Carl Thompson.  However, see also my response to Dale 
>> Goudey before
>> >for more details about what I've done:
>> >
>> >http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/cygwin/2000-06/msg00789.html
>> >
>> >Please try this out and send observations to 
>> cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com.
>> >There is no need to Cc me.  I read this group religiously.
>> >
>> >cgf
>> >
>> >On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 01:45:01AM -0400, cgf wrote:
>> >>I've been pounding away on gcc and binutils for a day or so 
>> and I think
>> >>I have something for people to try.  Here's what's new:
>> >>
>> >>(Note that the below strong positive statements indicating that
>> >>something is fixed may well be wishful thinking.)
>> >>
>> >>- Elimination of the /tmp\foo errors from various binutils tools.
>> >>  (Brought about by using a newer version of libiberty when 
>> building)
>> >>
>> >>- No more "impure_ptr" errors when compiling with -mno-cygwin.
>> >>  (After exhaustive debugging)
>> >>
>> >>- No more linking of libm.a since libm.a is really libcygwin.a.
>> >>  Patch from Ron Parker:
>> >>  http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/cygwin/2000-06/msg00161.html
>> >>
>> >>- Enable -Bdynamic, -Bstatic and linking of dlls on the 
>> command line.
>> >>  Patches from Chuck Wilson:
>> >>  http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2000-05/msg00937.html
>> >>  http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/binutils/2000-05/msg00340.html
>> >>  http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/binutils/2000-05/msg00337.html
>> >>
>> >>- Proper searching of libraries and header files with -mno-cygwin.
>> >>  Patch from Dale Goudey:
>> >>  http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/cygwin/2000-06/msg00632.html
>> >>
>> >>- Defines -Dunix when -mno-cygwin is not specified.  This 
>> was discussed
>> >>  on the Cygwin mailing list recently.  You should be able to undef
>> >>  this by saying -Uunix if it causes problems.
>> >>
>> >>- Does not automatically define any WIN32 or WINNT 
>> environment variables
>> >>  when -mno-win32 is specified.
>> >>
>> >>- Eliminates usr/i686-pc-cygwin/include files.
>> >>
>> >>- Fixes windres for correct handling of icons
>> >>  Patch from DJ Delorie:
>> >>  http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/binutils/2000-06/msg00216.html
>> >>
>> >>I think that's it.
>> >>
>> >>This is available for testing here:
>> >>
>> >>Binaries:
>> >>ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/private/cgf/gcc-2.95.2-2.tar.gz
>> >>ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/private/cgf/binutils-19990818-2.tar.gz
>> >>
>> >>Sources:
>> >>ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/private/cgf/gcc-2.95.2-2-src.tar.gz
>> >>ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/private/cgf/binutils-19990818-2-src.tar.gz
>> >>
>> >>You should be able to install these by downloading the 
>> files to an EMPTY
>> >>DIRECTORY, copying a recent 'setup.exe' there and typing 
>> 'setup'. Obviously
>> >>you will have to choose the "install from the current 
>> directory" option.
>> >>
>> >>Beware: I have not yet tried this on Windows 95 and I have done only
>> >>very minimal testing on Windows NT.
>> >>
>> >>Please send success or bug reports to cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com .
>> >>If I get enough success reports, I'll install this on sourceware.
>> >>
>> >>cgf
>> 
>> -- 
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>> Hat company
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