MingW and CrossGCC

E. Weddington eric@umginc.net
Wed Dec 3 16:27:00 GMT 2003


On 2 Dec 2003 at 13:04, Merlin R. Avery Jr. wrote:

> Seems like alot of problems stem from this combination. Many people say "Use
> cygwin" as a solution. This is not a solution for me, since I need mingw for
> this distribution, so let me explain my problem and maybe I can get
> assistance.
> 
> Basically I'm trying to get mingw to compile a Cross GCC for the i386-elf
> target with bare bones. My first problems with this were in "collect2" being
> built, which mingw doesn't support "fork" and other functions. By changing
> the USE_COLLECT2 line in the makefile I got past this. 

I have similar issues with building a cross compiler for the AVR target 
using MinGW. I have a patch that's been around for awhile but I'm not happy 
with what it does. What did you do specifically to get around your problems 
with collect2?

Thanks
Eric

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