Fw: [Mingw-users] compiling mingw packages

[pascal b. <pas...@fr...>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "pascal barbedor" <pas...@fr...>
To: "Earnie Boyd" <Min...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] compiling mingw packages


> >
> > You need to make certain that you have the correct source set.  For
> > GCC-3.1 that would be in GCC's CVS under a cygwin-mingw branch.  For the
> > latest binutils try the CVS head at sources.redhat.com.  For make, try
> > the CVS at sf.net/projects/mingw under msys/packages.
> >
> > Earnie.
>
> Hi
>
>  I took the package from mingw download page,
> (gcc-3_1-20020516-1-src.tar.gz) so I guess this is the correct source set.
>
> I tried again from a dir different from src dir (as mentionned in the
> installing gcc page http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html ),  and
> with --disable--nls option
>
> I think I got almost to the end (i can see a cpp.exe f771.exe, g++.exe..
> built)
> but there is an error message by the end, here it is
>
> <command line>:1:20: warning: ISO C requires whitespace after the macro
name
> In file included from c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/config/i386/mingw32.h:31,
>                  from tconfig.h:16,
>                  from c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/crtstuff.c:61:
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/config/i386/cygwin.h:31:19: stdio.h: No such file
or
> directory
> In file included from c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/config/i386/mingw32.h:31,
>                  from tconfig.h:16,
>                  from c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/crtstuff.c:61:
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/config/i386/cygwin.h:470: parse error before '*'
> token
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/config/i386/cygwin.h:470: warning: function
> declaration isn't a prototype
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/config/i386/cygwin.h:472: parse error before '*'
> token
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/config/i386/cygwin.h:472: warning: function
> declaration isn't a prototype
> In file included from c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/crtstuff.c:62:
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/tsystem.h:63:19: stdio.h: No such file or
directory
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/tsystem.h:66:23: sys/types.h: No such file or
> directory
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/tsystem.h:69:19: errno.h: No such file or
directory
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/tsystem.h:76:20: string.h: No such file or
directory
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/tsystem.h:80:20: stdlib.h: No such file or
directory
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/tsystem.h:81:20: unistd.h: No such file or
directory
> In file included from c:/gcc31/gcc/include/limits.h:132,
>                  from c:/gcc31/gcc/include/syslimits.h:7,
>                  from c:/gcc31/gcc/include/limits.h:11,
>                  from c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/tsystem.h:84,
>                  from c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/crtstuff.c:62:
> include/limits.h:132:75: no include path in which to find limits.h
> In file included from c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/crtstuff.c:62:
> c:/gcc-3_1-20020516/gcc/tsystem.h:87:18: time.h: No such file or directory
> make[1]: *** [crtbegin.o] Error 1
> make: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
>
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>
> Another question about building package :
>
> suppose i build perl with msys and gcc, will the executable run
differently
> from a perl compiled with vc6 ?
> same for apache ?
>
> that is to say mingw is a complete replacement solution that gives the
same
> executables that would vc6, but with gnu building process ?
>
> thanks
> pascal
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