Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 15:01:56 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Laszlo Vecsey <master AT internexus DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: MIPS cross compiler
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On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Laszlo Vecsey wrote:

> I'm familiar with how to build a cross compilers on Linux (as described in
> the Misc section of the DJGPP faq), but apparently there is no easy way to
> 'configure' to build a cross compiler on msdos.

If you use the DJGPP port of Bash (v2gnu/bshNNNNb.zip from the usual
DJGPP sites), the configure script should run almost unaltered.  You
might take a look at one of the latest ports of GNU software, to see
what kind of changes to configure script you will need.

> Also, I would imagine the
> djgpp gcc/binutil src distributions are incomplete for my purposes (as
> mentioned in the faq), in that the mips code is taken out. How difficult
> is it to merge the original gcc/binutils distribution and the djgpp
> modifications to get a full distribution, for compiling a mips cross
> compiler on msdos?

Why do you need to merge?  AFAIK, the official FSF source distribution
of GCC should compile with DJGPP right out of the box, using the same
procedures and commands.  So I'd suggest to get the full GCC
distribution and begin with that.

As for Binutils, the merge should be simple.  Install the FSF
Binututils distribution, then unzip the DJGPP source distribution on
top of that, and you should be all set.