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"Prof. A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief)" wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have downloaded all the msys developer toolkit alphas and stuff. I
> am trying to see if I can build gcc and gpc for msys with it. I have
> run into early snags (syms.h not found - and AFAICS it does not exist
> anywhere). My question is: are the msys developer toolkit snapshots
> sufficient for building gcc (and hence gpc), or am I on a hiding to
> nowhere? Thanks.
> 
> PS: why am I bothering with this? - because I might like to write
> msys apps in Pascal.
> 

Although it's not my plan to provide such support I know that it will
inevitably happen. Sigh!  msysDVLPR is the package you need to build
MSYS apps.  There is no header file named "syms.h", though, for the MSYS
target.  Is your configure correct?

Earnie.

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@ya...> - 2002-05-23 13:05 Attachments: config.guess      config.sub      "Prof. A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief)" wrote: > > On 23 May 2002 at 7:29, Earnie Boyd wrote: > > [...] > > > PS: why am I bothering with this? - because I might like to write > > > msys apps in Pascal. > > > > > > > Although it's not my plan to provide such support I know that it will > > inevitably happen. Sigh! > > I appreciate that you don't want to provide such support, and perhaps > why you don't want to do it. But, if we are not using the facility to > "bloatalise" the core MSYS (which should be avoided at all costs), > does it really matter? Actually, to answer my own question, it > probably does - because providing such a facility would then generate > support traffic ;) > I don't want to get into the position of becoming another Cygwin. But, I fear it'll happen anyway. > > msysDVLPR is the package you need to build > > MSYS apps. There is no header file named "syms.h", though, for the > > MSYS target. Is your configure correct? > > No, it isn't. "msys" and "i686-pc-msys" are not recognised as valid > host, target or build systems, and I thought (wrongly) that I might > escape with letting the system guess it's way through (which it > guessed as "i686-pc-mingw32"). I guess I just have to patch the gcc > sources ... > Oh, yes, I forgot about that part. It's on my round tuit list to update the official config.guess and config.sub files. I've attached modified copies of earlier official versions. Earnie. P.S.: You did read the /doc/msys/msysDVLPR.rtf document, right? P.P.S.: You need to switch environments from MINGW32 to MSYS, easily achieved by executing msysdvlpr. P.P.P.S: Feel free to send a patch for the official versions to config-patches.

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Prof Abimbola Olowofoyeku <African_Chief@bi...> - 2002-05-23 23:30 On 23 May 2002 at 9:03, Earnie Boyd wrote: [...] > I don't want to get into the position of becoming another Cygwin. But, > I fear it'll happen anyway. The core MSYS doesn't have to. If people want to build MSYS apps for themselves, I guess you can simply tell them that they are on their own ;) > > > msysDVLPR is the package you need to build > > > MSYS apps. There is no header file named "syms.h", though, for the > > > MSYS target. Is your configure correct? > > > > No, it isn't. "msys" and "i686-pc-msys" are not recognised as valid > > host, target or build systems, and I thought (wrongly) that I might > > escape with letting the system guess it's way through (which it > > guessed as "i686-pc-mingw32"). I guess I just have to patch the gcc > > sources ... > > > > Oh, yes, I forgot about that part. It's on my round tuit list to update > the official config.guess and config.sub files. I've attached modified > copies of earlier official versions. Thanks. > Earnie. > P.S.: You did read the /doc/msys/msysDVLPR.rtf document, right? Yes. > P.P.S.: You need to switch environments from MINGW32 to MSYS, easily > achieved by executing msysdvlpr. Yes, I did. > P.P.P.S: Feel free to send a patch for the official versions to >config-patches. Good news! After a whole load of tinkering, I have been able to build the core GCC and GPC from the "gcc-2.95.3-20010828" sources. From my little tests, they seem to be working okay and correctly. I had to to a fair amount of editing of scripts, sources, etc., and to create a new gcc/config/i386/msys.h (cannibalised from mingw32.h). I saved all the original sources in ".orig" files. I now have ".orig" files all over the place, and I am looking for an easy way to create a single diff by searching recursively for ".orig" files and comparing them with the updated files (same name, but minus the ".orig" extension). I don't want to have to write a program just to do this, and I am not good at shell scripts. Is there anything out there that I can use? Thanks. Best regards, The Chief -------- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~African_Chief email: African_Chief@...

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Luke Dunstan <coder_infidel@ho...> - 2002-05-24 01:40 Hi, Try this: find . -name '*.orig' -exec sh -c 'diff -u $0 ${0%.orig}' '{}' \; See the findutils and bashref documentation for further information :). Luke Dunstan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prof Abimbola Olowofoyeku" <African_Chief@...> To: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd@...>; "Earnie Boyd" <mingw-msys@...> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys (cut) > > P.P.P.S: Feel free to send a patch for the official versions to >config-patches. > > Good news! After a whole load of tinkering, I have been able to build > the core GCC and GPC from the "gcc-2.95.3-20010828" sources. From my > little tests, they seem to be working okay and correctly. > > I had to to a fair amount of editing of scripts, sources, etc., and to > create a new gcc/config/i386/msys.h (cannibalised from mingw32.h). I > saved all the original sources in ".orig" files. I now have ".orig" > files all over the place, and I am looking for an easy way to create a > single diff by searching recursively for ".orig" files and comparing > them with the updated files (same name, but minus the ".orig" > extension). I don't want to have to write a program just to do this, > and I am not good at shell scripts. Is there anything out there that I > can use? Thanks. > > Best regards, The Chief > -------- > Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) > web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~African_Chief > email: African_Chief@... >

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Prof Abimbola Olowofoyeku <African_Chief@bi...> - 2002-05-24 07:15 On 24 May 2002 at 9:40, Luke Dunstan wrote: > Hi, > > Try this: > > find . -name '*.orig' -exec sh -c 'diff -u $0 ${0%.orig}' '{}' \; Works perfectly - thanks! The diffs are being sent to Earnie. Best regards, The Chief -------- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~African_Chief email: African_Chief@...

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@ya...> - 2002-05-24 12:02 Prof Abimbola Olowofoyeku wrote: > > > P.P.P.S: Feel free to send a patch for the official versions to >config-patches. > > Good news! After a whole load of tinkering, I have been able to build > the core GCC and GPC from the "gcc-2.95.3-20010828" sources. From my > little tests, they seem to be working okay and correctly. > > I had to to a fair amount of editing of scripts, sources, etc., and to > create a new gcc/config/i386/msys.h (cannibalised from mingw32.h). I > saved all the original sources in ".orig" files. I now have ".orig" > files all over the place, and I am looking for an easy way to create a > single diff by searching recursively for ".orig" files and comparing > them with the updated files (same name, but minus the ".orig" > extension). I don't want to have to write a program just to do this, > and I am not good at shell scripts. Is there anything out there that I > can use? Thanks. > You should really `cvs co msys/dvlpr'. It contains the GCC and binutils patches I created as well as the scripts I use for msys releases. I fear you used the wrong template header. I'll take a look at the patch you sent under separate cover. Earnie.

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@ya...> - 2002-05-24 15:48 "Prof. A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief)" wrote: > > On 24 May 2002 at 8:00, Earnie Boyd wrote: > > [...] > > You should really `cvs co msys/dvlpr'. > > I can't find any information on cvs access to msys cvs sources. Can > you please point me to the relevant information? Thanks. > http://sf.net/projects/mingw, then click CVS. > > It contains the GCC and > > binutils patches I created as well as the scripts I use for msys > > releases. I fear you used the wrong template header. I'll take a > > look at the patch you sent under separate cover. > > I am not sure what you mean by "the wrong template header". Can you > please explain? Thanks. > You had said you used mingw32.h as the template for creating msys.h. Looking at your msys.h you're probably fine, I didn't give it a try though. Earnie.

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Prof Abimbola Olowofoyeku <African_Chief@bi...> - 2002-05-24 21:09 On 24 May 2002 at 11:46, Earnie Boyd wrote: [...] > > I am not sure what you mean by "the wrong template header". Can you > > please explain? Thanks. > > > > You had said you used mingw32.h as the template for creating msys.h. > Looking at your msys.h you're probably fine, I didn't give it a try > though. It is fine. At least the GPC testsuite is completed without any problems. I started up with mingw32.h as the template, but I ended up editing it substantially. Best regards, The Chief -------- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~African_Chief email: African_Chief@...

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Prof Abimbola Olowofoyeku <African_Chief@bi...> - 2002-05-27 07:00 Hi Earnie Two questions: [a] Is there any special reason wy the MSYS DTK is built with gcc- 2.95.3-1 as opposed to gcc-2.05.3-6? [b] Do you want me to upload a tarball of GPC for MSYS to the Mingw contrib area or do you want to include GPC in the MSYS DTK yourself? (from what I can see, GPC for MSYS builds straight out of the box with gcc-2.95.3-6). Thanks. Best regards, The Chief -------- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~African_Chief email: African_Chief@...

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Prof Abimbola Olowofoyeku <African_Chief@bi...> - 2002-05-27 13:18 On 27 May 2002 at 8:04, I wrote: > Hi Earnie > > Two questions: > [a] Is there any special reason wy the MSYS DTK is built with gcc- > 2.95.3-1 as opposed to gcc-2.05.3-6? Ahem ... two typos; [i] I meant "why", not "wy" [ii] I meant "gcc-2.95.3-6", not "gcc-2.05.3-6" Best regards, The Chief -------- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~African_Chief email: African_Chief@...

Re: [Mingw-msys] Building gcc/gpc for msys From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@ya...> - 2002-05-28 11:05 Prof Abimbola Olowofoyeku wrote: > > Hi Earnie > > Two questions: > [a] Is there any special reason wy the MSYS DTK is built with gcc- > 2.95.3-1 as opposed to gcc-2.05.3-6? > -1 is the first subversion for MSYS which includes any -6 changes. I can revisit this later. > [b] Do you want me to upload a tarball of GPC for MSYS to the Mingw > contrib area or do you want to include GPC in the MSYS DTK yourself? > (from what I can see, GPC for MSYS builds straight out of the box with > gcc-2.95.3-6). > No, I'll handle it. Earnie.

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