What I don't get is why when I built 3.3.3 using 'make' and then 'make install' (it failed to do 'make bootstrap') it relied on the fact that cygwin was installed in the first place. Why then is that, does it require some unix based functionality that only cygwin provides to a windows pc?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 March 2004 18:59 > To: Ben Taylor; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Using gcc 3.3.3 > > > At 09:50 AM 3/14/2004, you wrote: > >Hi > > > >I have got Cygwin running on my windows XP pc, using gcc 3.3.1. > I downloaded > >gcc 3.3.3 release, and managed to build it, however when I tried > to compile > >a windows application using it it compiled ok but gave a linker error > >'couldn't find crt2.o'. It gave this error when I was trying to compile > >with -mno-cygwin, which worked with gcc 3.3.1. I found that this > file was in > >c:/cygwin/lib/mingw, but passing an option on to the linker such > >as -Wl,"-Lc:/cygwin/lib/mingw" or other variations on this didn't work. > >However when I copied the crt2.o file to c:/cygwin/lib, it > worked! But then > >I read that -mno-cygwin wasn't included on gcc 3.3.3. So was > this a fluke? > >Or is there a standard way to use gcc 3.3.3 on cygwin? > > > >Also if I used g++ 3.3.3 to compile but g++ 3.3.1 that came with > cygwin to > >link, it also works fine! Is it then actually using the benefits > of the more > >modern version? > > > The gcc compiler suite for Cygwin contains patches to include the > '-mno-cygwin' switch. Since gcc 3.3.3 isn't part of the Cygwin > distribution yet, you would need to patch your local version if > you want this functionality prior to it's inclusion in Cygwin. > > > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
