Compiling newlib on a cygwin host for arm-elf target

[J. Johnston]

Andy Hare wrote:
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Johnston" <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
> To: "Andy Hare" <ahare@btinternet.com>
> Cc: <newlib@sources.redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Compiling newlib on a cygwin host for arm-elf target
> 
> >   You don't configure newlib directly.  You must let the upper-level
> > configure do it for you.  Thus, you should be using
> > /GNU-Source-Code/src/configure
> > as opposed to /GNU-Source-Code/src/newlib/configure.
> >
> > -- Jeff J.
> >
> 
> If I do the config at the upper-level then newlib does not get a makefile or
> sub-dir in the build directory. Therefore how can you build the library.
> 

You should get the XXX-elf subdir in the build directory.  It won't create
the Makefile until you make all or make all-target-newlib.  The top-level
Makefile knows what to do.

-- Jeff J.