Re: [Mingw-users] how do I compile GCC?

[Oscar F. <of...@wa...>]

Jonathan Wilson <jo...@tp...> writes:

> I have gcc-g++-3.3.1-20030804-1-src.tar.gz,
> gcc-core-3.3.1-20030804-1-src.tar.gz &
> binutils-2.14.90-20030807-1-src.tar.gz from the MingW download page.
>
> What do I need and what do I do/run in order to get a working MingW
> GCC build going?

The package gcc-3.3.1-20030804-1-src.diff.gz, which contains the MinGW
specific patches, possibly contains an script for building MinGW. In
essence, on a POSIX environment, you follow the build instructions
included with GCC, that is, 'make bootstrap [options]'. The above
mentioned script does that adding the appropriate options. IIRC, Danny
Smith uses Cygwin, but it should work on MSYS too.

Don't forget to apply the MinGW specific patches before building the
retail GNU packages, unless you have a reason for not doing so.

> Also, how would I go about contributing changes to MingW binutils
> and MingW GCC? (I wanna add Thread Local Storage support)

There is a patch submission facility on the MinGW SourceForge page:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2435&atid=302435

Have fun.

-- 
Oscar