[ECOS] Building from OS X

[Rib Rdb]

On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 04:49 PM, Rib Rdb wrote:

> If I don't specify one it says:
> checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host 
> type; you must specify one

I guess it helps to check out the host package.  Now it seems to work 
despite the fact that configure doesn't recognize the system type.

>
> On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 04:37 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 17:26, Rib Rdb wrote:
>>> What would be the proper way to build it.  Configure complains about 
>>> an
>>> unknown host type unless I lie and say --host=powerpc-apple-linux
>>> instead of powerpc-apple-darwin.
>>> Should I just configure as linux and then edit the generated 
>>> makefiles?
>>>
>>
>> Do you even need to tell it the host?  What happens if you just
>> "configure"?
>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 12:34 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 13:28, Rib Rdb wrote:
>>>>> Since the configuration tool won't build on OS X, would it work to
>>>>> configure and build eCos on a windows machine, then copy the 
>>>>> libraries
>>>>> and headers to a Mac OS X machine and do the development there with
>>>>> the
>>>>> appropriate cross compilers?  Also, would the version of gcc, etc 
>>>>> used
>>>>> on the Mac have to be the same as on the Windows computer?
>>>>
>>>> Or, just use 'ecosconfig' on your Mac! which surely will build.
>>>>
>>>> There's no reason you absolutely have to use the Config Tool.
>>
>> -- 
>> Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
>> MLB Associates
>>
>


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