glibc cross-compilation: file names problems
Earnie Boyd
earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Thu Feb 1 16:29:00 GMT 2001
Fabrice Gautier wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've tried to cross compile glibc from cygwin but I ran into some errors.
>
> i've trackeed the error done to a file name problem:
> Glibc uses *.oS and *.os temporary files during the build (for 's'hared
> and 'S'tatic objects)
>
This isn't a Cygwin issue. It is an issue with portability within the
glibc package.
> But with cygwin this files are the same, so things are not going well.
>
> I think the only solution is to change glibc makefiles, but is this a
> "classic" problem that people run into when trying to port programs to
> cygwin? Is there eventually a way to force Windows to accept two
> filename identical except for the case?
>
Yes, and while you're at it, if at all possible, submit your changes to
the glibc maintainers.
Earnie.
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