Author:  DJ Delorie
Created:  Mon Mar 1 19:19:28 1999
Updated:  Sat Apr 3 22:30:47 1999

Step-by-step instructions for setting up a djgpp cross compiler on your linux machine.


Lines that start with '$' indicate that you should type in the line as
shown (except for the '$' of course), substituting paths appropriate
for your system.

I'm pretty sure this is what I did to install my djgpp cross
compilers...  let me know if I missed anything - DJ

$ mkdir -p ~/djgpp/cross
$ cd ~/djgpp/cross

$ unzip -a ~/djcrx202.zip		(get this from simtel)

$ mkdir /usr/local/i586-pc-msdosdjgpp
$ cd /usr/local/i586-pc-msdosdjgpp
$ mkdir bin lib
$ ln -s ~/djgpp/cross/include .
$ cd lib
$ ln -s ~/djgpp/cross/lib/* .

If you'll be wanting to delete your djgpp directory later, use "cp -r"
instead of "ln -s" to copy the directories and libraries instead of
linking them.


$ cd ~/djgpp/cross/src/stub
$ gcc -O stubify.c -o /usr/local/i586-pc-msdosdjgpp/bin/stubify

$ cd ~/djgpp/cross
$ tar xvfz ~/gcc-2.8.1.tar.gz		(get this from ftp.gnu.org)
$ tar xvfz ~/binutils-2.9.1.tar.gz	(get this from ftp.gnu.org)
$ mkdir binu gcc

Apply this patch in the binutils-2.9.1/gas/config directory.  This
prevents symbol table bloat:

--- te-go32.h.orig      Thu May 21 10:41:36 1998
+++ te-go32.h   Thu May 21 15:45:14 1998
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #define LOCAL_LABELS_FB 1

 #define TARGET_FORMAT "coff-go32"
-
+#define TE_GO32
 /* GAS should treat '.align value' as an alignment of 2**value */
 #define USE_ALIGN_PTWO

--- tc-i386.h.orig      Thu May 21 10:41:26 1998
+++ tc-i386.h   Thu May 21 16:50:14 1998
@@ -141,9 +141,11 @@
 #ifndef BFD_ASSEMBLER
 #ifndef OBJ_AOUT
 #ifndef TE_PE
+#ifndef TE_GO32
 /* Local labels starts with .L */
 #define LOCAL_LABEL(name) (name[0] == '.' \
                 && (name[1] == 'L' || name[1] == 'X' || name[1] == '.'))
+#endif
 #endif
 #endif


You have to do binutils first - and install it - because gcc's build
requires it.

$ cd ~/djgpp/cross/binu
$ ../binutils-2.9.1/configure --target=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp --prefix=/usr/local
$ make
$ make install

$ cd ../gcc
$ ../gcc-2.8.1/configure --target=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp --prefix=/usr/local

If you omit the --prefix, it might not find the djgpp headers you installed.

OK, before you build gcc, edit the Makefile to not do the libgcc1-test
target.  The edited Makefile should look something like this (note the
#'s):

libgcc1-test: libgcc1-test.o native $(GCC_PARTS)
        @echo "Testing libgcc1.  Ignore linker warning messages."
        # $(GCC_FOR_TARGET) $(GCC_CFLAGS) libgcc1-test.o -o libgcc1-test \
        #  -nostartfiles -nostdlib `$(GCC_FOR_TARGET) --print-libgcc-file-name`
        touch libgcc1-test

Note: You can omit this step *if* the version of bash you're using
(type "bash -version") is *less than* version 2.*.

$ make
$ make install

$ cp ~/djgpp/cross/lib/specs /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-msdosdjgpp/2.8.1/specs

You should now be able to use "i586-pc-msdosdjgpp-gcc" to
cross-compile programs from linux to dos!

Note: I did this for convenience:

$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ for i in i586-pc-msdosdjgpp-*
do
ln -s $i `echo $i | sed s/i586-pc-msdosdjgpp/dos/`
done

Then, you can use "dos-gcc" as well as "i586-pc-msdosdjgpp-gcc"

$ i586-pc-msdosdjgpp-gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-msdosdjgpp/2.8.1/specs
gcc version 2.8.1