cygwin hosted cross compiler for Linux target : binutils configure hangs

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Babu,

> 3. when we try to configure the Binutils, the configuration script
>    hangs on the following line.
> 
>    ...checking whether to build shared libraries... no
>       checking whether to build static libraries... yes

I do not know why configure is hanging, but ...


> tar jxf source/binutils-2.12.tar.bz2

This is an old version of binutils.  Downloading the latest version
(2.13.2) might help things.

Cheers
        Nick