X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f From: "Wiktor S. (wswiktorSP AT Mpoczta DOT fm) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: djgpp to Linux ARM cross binutils Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:21:22 +0200 Organization: INTERIA.PL S.A. Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <5607D4C3 DOT 4040800 AT gmx DOT de> NNTP-Posting-Host: user-46-112-230-70.play-internet.pl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: usenet.news.interia.pl 1443360085 4143 46.112.230.70 (27 Sep 2015 13:21:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet AT firma DOT interia DOT pl NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:21:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Bytes: 2156 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com It seems that make fails, even for standard build without --target added: c:/dj/gnu/binutils-2.25.1/binutils/configure: line 9052: unexpected EOF while lo oking for matching `'' c:/dj/gnu/binutils-2.25.1/binutils/configure: line 9053: syntax error: unexpecte d end of file Makefile:3447: recipe for target 'configure-binutils' failed make.exe[1]: *** [configure-binutils] Error 1 make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'c:/dj/gnu/binutils-2.25.1/djgpp' Makefile:845: recipe for target 'all' failed make.exe: *** [all] Error 2 Why is that? Is it normal that make tries to configure something, when build.sh had already been run? > Anyway I have serious doubts about a MSDOS/DJGPP/COFF to > Linux/ARM/ELF cross-compiler. Why not use Linux directly as host? The compiler in question is Free Pascal. A cross-compiler builds without issues, but it needs proper binutils to compile anything. This is more of a proof-of-concept, because I already have a working win32-hosted toolchain. -- Wiktor S.