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Re: Compiling with Borland's bcc32... more simply stated


On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 09:02:21PM -0700, Motivus wrote:
>>I suspect that the reason you didn't receive any replies is that your
>>question doesn't make much sense.  The whole point of cygwin is to
>>provide an environment for building GNU tools without reliance of
>>proprietary programs like those provided by Borland's.  It is extremely
>>unlikely that you'll be able to use Borland's compiler to build GNU
>>tools for an ARM target.
>>
>>Just install gcc, like the rest of the Cygwin world, and use that.
>>Rerun setup.exe (from Install Cygwin Now!), click on the plus sign next
>>to "Devel" and then select gcc and any other tools you need.
>
>Oh.  Now THAT'S embarrassing! I think I blinded myself by following a
>procedure for building the GNU tools under UNIX and then configuring
>them for cross-development on an ARM core.  But I wasn't thinking
>through the changes that would have to be made when coming at it from a
>Cygwin environment.

Theoretically, there should be no changes required for setting things up
for cross development under the Cygwin environment.  It should be
roughly the same as under UNIX.

>Thanks for the help! I mean it!!!

De nada.

cgf
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