Re: Cross Compiler linux->Win32

[Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <blytkerchan at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

As MinGW is basically a gcc port for Windows, I don't quite see the point in
trying not to use MinGW for a cross-compiler to Windows - I mean, that's what
MinGW basically is..?

Remember that using MinGW doesn't "taint" your program with anything GNUish - 
i.e. unlike Cygwin, you use MSVCRT (the Microsoft C runtime) whemn you use
MinGW. The only difference is in the headers and the import library - which are
free implementations of the MSDN-documented Microsoft equivalents - unless of 
course you use C++ in which case you have the std C++ lib (& STL) as well.. 
(as well as the usual name mangling incompatibilities between C++ compilers).

HTH

rlc

On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 10:05:23AM -0700, Jose Cornado wrote:
> Thanks a lot!!
> 
> I just downloaded it. I am trying to stick to the winnt/win32 config,
> without cygwin or mingw, from what I read this should be possible. I will go
> over the script to see what I am missing.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronald Landheer-Cieslak [mailto:blytkerchan@users.sourceforge.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:11 AM
> To: jcornado@grandecom.net
> Cc: crossgcc@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Cross Compiler linux->Win32
> 
> 
> Do a Google for "MinGW cross" and you'll get this
> http://members.telering.at/jessich/mingw/mingwcross/mingw_cross.html
> as second (?) hit - it should help you out nicely.
> 
> HTH
> 
> rlc
> 
> NB: MinGW is Minumalist GNU for Windows: http://www.mingw.org
> 
> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 09:23:02PM -0500, jcornado@grandecom.net wrote:
> > I am trying to build a gcc cross compiler.
> > Host = i686-pc-linux-gnu
> > Target = i686-pc-winnt.
> > I have already built binutils for the target. I used "i686-pc-winnt"
> >
> > When I try to build gcc (3.2.3 or 2.95) with the same target as binutils
> ("--target=i686-pc-winnt"), I run into the following:
> >
> > configure fails.
> >
> > If I change $target inside ./gcc/configure before calling config.gcc to
> "i686-pc-win32" configure finishes.
> >
> > When I try to make gcc, it fails inside the gcc directory. There are a
> couple of undefined symbols inside winnt.c:
> >
> > drectve_section and something else that I do not recall now.
> >
> > I decided to comment these two out to see what happens.
> >
> > Make fails again further down. It can not find unistd.h or stdlib.h (?)
> >
> > I am using RH 7.3 (out of the box) on a Dell laptop.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!!!
> >
> >
> >
> 
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