Re: Using gcc 3.3.3

[Rolf Campbell <Endlisnis at mailc dot net>]

Building gcc (natively) always requires a working gcc to be present, how 
else would it compile itself?

Ben Taylor wrote:
> What I don't get is why when I built 3.3.3 using 'make' and then 'make
> install' (it failed to do 'make bootstrap') it relied on the fact that
> cygwin was installed in the first place. Why then is that, does it require
> some unix based functionality that only cygwin provides to a windows pc?
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Larry Hall [mailto:cygwin-lh@cygwin.com]
> > Sent: 14 March 2004 18:59
> > To: Ben Taylor; cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: Using gcc 3.3.3
> >
> >
> > At 09:50 AM 3/14/2004, you wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have got Cygwin running on my windows XP pc, using gcc 3.3.1.
> >
> > I downloaded
> >
> > > gcc 3.3.3 release, and managed to build it, however when I tried
> >
> > to compile
> >
> > > a windows application using it it compiled ok but gave a linker error
> > > 'couldn't find crt2.o'. It gave this error when I was trying to compile
> > > with -mno-cygwin, which worked with gcc 3.3.1. I found that this
> >
> > file was in
> >
> > > c:/cygwin/lib/mingw, but passing an option on to the linker such
> > > as -Wl,"-Lc:/cygwin/lib/mingw" or other variations on this didn't work.
> > > However when I copied the crt2.o file to c:/cygwin/lib, it
> >
> > worked! But then
> >
> > > I read that -mno-cygwin wasn't  included on gcc 3.3.3. So was
> >
> > this a fluke?
> >
> > > Or is there a standard way to use gcc 3.3.3 on cygwin?
> > >
> > > Also if I used g++ 3.3.3 to compile but g++ 3.3.1 that came with
> >
> > cygwin to
> >
> > > link, it also works fine! Is it then actually using the benefits
> >
> > of the more
> >
> > > modern version?
> >
> >
> > The gcc compiler suite for Cygwin contains patches to include the
> > '-mno-cygwin' switch.  Since gcc 3.3.3 isn't part of the Cygwin
> > distribution yet, you would need to patch your local version if
> > you want this functionality prior to it's inclusion in Cygwin.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
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