cygwin hosted cross compiler for Linux target : binutils configure hangs

[babu]

Hi Nick,

Thanks. The problem disappeared when we moved env. to Win2k

Any hints on compiling glibc on cygwin host for Linux target.



Nick Clifton wrote:
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>Hi Babu,
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>> 3. when we try to configure the Binutils, the configuration script
>>    hangs on the following line.
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>>    ...checking whether to build shared libraries... no
>>       checking whether to build static libraries... yes
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>I do not know why configure is hanging, but ...
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>> tar jxf source/binutils-2.12.tar.bz2
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>This is an old version of binutils.  Downloading the latest version
>(2.13.2) might help things.
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>Cheers
>        Nick
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