Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/2002/11/12/01:04:40
> I haven't heard anything from anyone on this. It's been downloaded
> dozens of times, but that may have been by mirrors and web caches.
Well, the refresh it is definitely a step in the right direction. I know of
at least two different build errors corrected when building the linux host
cross compiler against the official gcc releases.
> Since it's been 3 weeks, if I don't hear anything negative soon I'll
> put it on DJ's incoming to move to Simtel
A few comments and questions... All of these questions and comments
reference the linux host xgcc targetting djgpp.
Documentation:
Not that I have anything negative to say about what is included in the
refresh or in the djcrx203.zip package, as I have yet to get a satisfactory
build from it, but clearly one thing that this updated package release is
missing is updated documentation. As a result, the existing faq, howto and
readme's do little more than vaguely outline a process that even the most
knowledgeable C programmers and linux gurus would characterize as "tricky".
At least if there was solid documentation, if you ran into a bug with the
build process, you would have a better chance of realizing that it _is a
bug_ with sources, perhaps other than djgpp sources, and not be left
wondering if there is somthing wrong with your particular build method. One
example is limits.h. I am still not 100% clear on how to properly configure
the gcc build so that the dj version of limits.h is seen, used and 'fixed'
and not other headers that possibly should 'not' be fixed.
I have a few general questions that I would appreciate some answers too that
pertain to using djcrx203.
The patch.lib located in ~/cross... what is it for? I realize it modifies
the linker script, but when applied, it causes the libstdc++ build to fail
and the compilers not to work. Maybe this question seems foolish, but why
is this patch in this package?
Is djcrx203.zip meant to be built with vanilla gcc-3.2 and binutils-2.13
sources or does it require gcc32s.zip and bnu213s.zip?
What exactly are the differences between the gcc32s from the djgpp file
archives and the vanilla fsf gcc-3.2?
Can anybody confirm a successful build (again, this refers only to the linux
host xgcc build) and C++ function using djcrx203, binutils-2.13, and
gcc-3.2?
If so, would you care to post a dir -lR * >& file from the $prefix directory
where your compiler is installed? This would certainly clarify some things
such as file dates, sizes, locations, etc and make things much easier to
decipher when working with gnu crossgcc documentation along with djgpp
xcompiler build documentation. It has been suggested to me on more than once
occasion that I possibly had files in the wrong directories, or the
directory names were wrong... So a directory / filelist would prove to be
especially helpful if that were the case.
Thank you to those that answer and thank you all for the great help you have
given me so far. Keep up the good work.
Charles Wilkins
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