[Mingw-users] building binutils with msys and mingw

[Edward P. <es...@pg...>]

hey,

I just downloaded mingw, and from the point of view of being able to compile simple files
I'm not having any problem (gcc <file>.c works just fine)

However, when I try to do anything more substantial (say compile binutils* out of the 
box from gnu.org, I run into a host of troubles. First, it won't recognize and run
config.sub. So I set CONFIG_SHELL to a shell built via cygwin. That can't create temporary
directories.

So, I look for a shell inside either the MinGW distribution or under Msys. No luck there..
So I download the unxutils.zip that contains a native sh.exe. Try that, and again,
different errors.

What the hell am I doing wrong? And why is this so difficult, why can't I simply download
one, self-contained binary that basically installs a working, self-contained mingw which
can build anything on gnu.org? Why doesn't MSYS include sh.exe?

I don't understand... my hunch is that I'm doing something wrong, but I can't see what.
Steps I've taken:

	downloaded && installed MinGW-3.1.0-1.exe
	downloaded && installed msysDTK-1.0.1.exe

set all relevant bin directories in my path

set CONFIG_SHELL=sh.exe 

sh configure --prefix=\install (from cmd.exe, sh is cygwin)
sh configure --prefix=\install (from cmd.exe, sh is native)

localhost# sh configure --prefix=/install (inside of native shell, with native shell) 
$ sh configure --prefix=/install (inside of native shell, with cygwin shell) 

Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Ed

(ps - moderator, this is the message I sent last night w/out subscription.. you can ignore
the previous one.)