I haven't tried this under Cygwin, but given David's comments that it
should be the same as *nix, my build script ought to work. In any case, I
feel there is a little more detail and slightly less confusing :) You may
need to comment out/delete the GUID test (this tests for being root).
http://tinymicros.com/msp430
--John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of David
> Brown
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 10:15
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Mspgcc-users] Moving forward
>
>
> > I, for one, am personally sorry for bringing up the whole
> subject. Does
>
> Don't be - it was good to get things out in the open.
>
> > someone have a "tutorial" or a link to instructions to
> build what you
> > propose. I have no problem admitting that I am almost
> totally ignorant
> > of the step-by-step process necessary to build or re-build
> the tool as
> > you suggest.
> >
>
> Building a cross-gcc is not too difficult using cygwin - you
> follow the same
> step-by-step instructions as for building it on *nix (with
> the exception
> that you don't need to be "root" for the install step).
>
> First, you must install the basic cygwin setup. This can be
> quite a large
> download - if you don't have a fast link, cygwin turns up
> occasionally on
> computer magazine CDs (I saw it recently on a Linux Format
> CD). You need
> bash, gcc, cvs, and the basic utilities.
>
> The follow the instructions at
> http://mspgcc.sourceforge.net/build.html .
> There is, as far as I know, a mistake in these instructions -
> they recommend
> putting "$prefix/bin" into your PATH before building gdb - in
> fact, you must
> put it into your path before building gcc or the library.
>
> If none of the above makes much sense to you, then I'm afraid
> you'll have to
> wait for others to post builds for you to try (testing other
> peoples builds
> and reporting back is as helpful as building yourself), or
> until someone
> makes a more complete step-by-step guide.
>
>
>
>
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