Re: Build Hurd toolchain

[Michael Banck]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:05:20AM +0530, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
> ----- On 10/30/07, Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> wrote:
> | As building a proper cross compiler is not trivial (as you are
> | experiencing), may I ask why you need to build one?
> \--
> 
> So that I can compile (or cross-compile) applications on the host PC,
> and test them with Hurd on Qemu?
> 
> I want to be able to compile, build applications for Hurd. I don't
> have a system to play with.
> 
> Is there any other way I can accomplish this?

You could compile in qemu directly.  Which isn't so great either, I
agree.
 
> -----
> | GCC 2.95?
> \--
> 
> I realized it after I posted the message. I tried gcc-3.4 with gnumach
> >from cvs (rather than gnumach-1-branch), and it stopped at:
> 
> === BEGIN OUTPUT ===
> 
> + /home/foo/projects/hurd/working/build/src/gnumach/configure
> --host=i586-pc-gnu --prefix=
> configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
>     If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used
> ...
> ...
> checking for oskit version >= 19991121... no, too old!
> configure: error: version in <oskit/version.h> less than required 19991121
> make: *** [build] Error 1
> 
> === END ===

Why did you try to build gnumach HEAD "rather than gnumach-1-branch",
when you apparently know about gnumach-1-branch?

HEAD is not maintained anymore, use gnumach-1-branch.


Michael