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[Subhash Verma]

Hi all!
I'm sorry if this question is totally irrelevent, but I felt that I may get 
some help from you all, so I asking  this.
I have to build GNU make tool for the target "xpp-elf" under cygwin.
my host is i686-pc-cygwin and target is xpp-elf.
1.What specific changes (with respect to the target processor )are required 
in configure.in, Makefile.am,acconfig.h or  other files.
2.is this the case of cross-compilation?
means does it require cross-compiler like xpp-elf-gcc(not implemented  
yet)to build the tool( GNU make) for specified target.

Actually I gone through a article on "configure" at
"http://www.airs.com/ian/configure/configure_5.html#SEC30"; and found that 
this article is suggesting that
For Ref. ..............................................................
"When building cross compilation tools, there are two different systems
involved: the system on which the tools will run, and the system for which  
the tools generate code.
The system on which the tools will run is called the host system.
The system for which the tools generate code is called the target system.
For example, suppose you have a compiler which runs on a GNU/Linux system 
and generates ELF programs for a MIPS embedded system. In this case the 
GNU/Linux system is the host, and the MIPS ELF system is the target. Such a 
compiler could be called a GNU/Linux cross MIPS ELF compiler, or, 
equivalently, a `i386-linux-gnu' cross `mips-elf' compiler
        Naturally, most programs are not cross compilation tools. For those 
programs, it does not make sense to speak of a target. It only makes sense 
to speak of a target for tools like `gcc' or the `binutils' which actually 
produce running code. For example, it does not make sense to speak of the 
target of a tool like `bison' or `make'. "
........................................................................
3. would anybody plz. explain what is "cross compilation tools".
   if GNU make is not a cross compilation tools, does it means that it
does not require any cross-compiler to build it for any target?

so I am confused whether I must have xpp-elf-gcc to build GNU make tool to 
compile its source code or simply available gcc will work.

I appreciate any help.
Thanx in advance.
subhash



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