Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:25:02 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: michael green <cobra100 AT mindspring DOT com>
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[Please don't change the Subject of your messages, it makes it hard to
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, michael green wrote:

> Then I installed djpp 2.02 through zip picker and install.exe utility.
> Where and how do I install all these files ?

It doesn't matter where to install them, and it seems like you already
succeeded in doing so.  So this is not a problem anymore.

> Installing the patch
> gzip -d binutils-2.9.1-m68hc1x-19991128.diffs.gz
> tar xvzf binutils-2.9.1.tar.gz
> mv binutils-2.9.1 binutils-2.9.1-m68hc1x
> patch -p1 < ../binutils-2.9.1-m68hc1x-19991128.diffs

These instructions assume a Unix system.  You are trying to do this on
Windows, which introduces an additional level of complexity into the
equation.  So you should take the instructions with a grain of salt.

Like I said: I strongly suggest to begin by building Binutils 2.9.1
for DJGPP without any changes.  Only *after* you succeed in doing
this, I recommend to apply binutils-2.9.1-m68hc1x-19991128.diffs with
the Patch utility and reconfigure and rebuild Binutils for m86k.

> sh ./configure --target=m6811-elf -program-prefix=m6811-elf-
> So thats what I did. The error I got was something like configure: bin/sh:
> [noent] and then something about a host. So I gave the commands     sh
> ./configure --host=i586 --target=m6811-elf --program=prefix=m6811-elf-
> Then it looked good for a socond or so until I got message back that said
> ****can not find config.sub .

These are problems typical of running GNU configure scripts on
DOS/Windows unaltered.  They will not work without some minor
tweaking.  In my previous message, I suggested to look in the DJGPP
archives where you can find scripts and instructions which will allow
you to avoid all these problems.  Did you look there, and did you try
to use those scripts/instructions?

> I had a copy of bash.exe in djgpp\bin so I
> copied it to the binutils-2.9.1-m68hc1x directory as sh.exe because I
> remembered reading something about this. I am not sure if this was correct.

You are randomly poking around instead of following my advice.  It
won't work for you that way, believe me.

I'm leaving the rest of the message below because it includes the URL
where I recommended to look for scripts and instructions to build
Binutils 2.9.1 with DJGPP.

> Eli Zaretskii wrote in message ...
> >
> >On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, mg wrote:
> >
> >> I am trying to install  files    binutils-2_9_1-m68hc1x-19991128_diffs
> and
> >> binutils-2_9_1-tar. I am running a pentium processor with windows 98.Can
> any
> >> body give me any help installing? In the readme.djg
> >> located in  d:\djgpp\gnu\binutl-2.81 directory of the djgpp installation
> it
> >> references
> >> under ---How to enable other object formats?---  section a copy of
> >> config.bat and diffs.djg. Where do these files come from?
> >
> >Don't try to build Binutils 2.9.1 with instructions from Binutils
> >2.8.1.  Most of those instructions are not valid for the newer release
> >of Binutils, because almost all the problems that those instructions
> >are meant to handle are already taken care of in v2.9.1 by patches
> >sent to the maintainer since v2.8.1 was released.
> >
> >You need a set of scripts and instructions to build Binutils 2.9.1.  I
> >think you can find these in the DJGPP mail archives at
> >http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/.  If you cannot find
> >anything in the archives of the djgpp list, look in the archives of
> >the djgpp-workers list.
> >
> >In any case, do NOT apply the m68hc patches before you succeed in
> >building the unaltered distribution.  Otherwise you will not know
> >where did the problems come from.
> 
> 
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