[ECOS] Re: New Release

[ECOS] Re: New Release

[Jonathan Larmour]

Anthony Massa wrote:
> 
> I tried the mounts that you recommeded and I still get the same error
> message.
> 
> There are some odd characters in the error message when it tries to build,
> like it can't interpret the makefile it created properly.

What error message??? You still haven't said!

Please also send the output of running "mount".

Jifl
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[ECOS] Re: New Release

[Jonathan Larmour]

"amassa@cts.com" wrote:
> >Did you install any patches? What mount point is the sources on? What
> mount
> >are you building on?
> 
> What I did to install gdb 5.0 was to rename the /src/gdb directory and the
> /tmp/build/gdb directory.  I then bunzip2'ed the new insight file into
> /src/gdb, ran configure according to the installation instructions, then
> tried to make all.  That's when I get the command commence error message.

Okay, instead of taking the approach I was doing (which appears to be more
problematic than I thought), can you try installing a new cygwin1 DLL
snapshot as I described in my e-mail to Alfredo Knecht on the list, i.e.:

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Okay. Let's try a different approach. Please download the May 25th snapshot
of the cygwin1 DLL from http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/snapshots/

i.e. cygwin1-20000525.dll.gz

Uncompress it with "gunzip cygwin1-20000525.dll.gz" and then exit all your
running cygwin applications. Now go to the "bin" subdirectory of your
cygwin installation and rename "cygwin1.dll" to "cygwin1.dll.old". Now copy
in the uncompressed cygwin1-20000525.dll and rename that to cygwin1.dll

This should fix the problem and you can continue.

Note that snapshots after the 25th May and up to (at least) the 31st May
definitely do not work - they are very broken in other ways - so do not
install those.

I have been patiently waiting for the cygwin team to produce an official
1.1.2 update to the cygwin DLL which includes this bug fix, but
unfortunately it still hasn't happened.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

> >Please remember to CC ecos-discuss. I'm not in the business of free
> >one-to-one support.
> 
> Remember, I try to cc the ecos-discuss, but everytime it bounces back saying
> I'm sending spam.

Can you tell me which blocking list it says you are on (ORBS, RSS, DUL,
MAPS, etc), and the IP address it is complaining about? I would like to get
this sorted out for you.

Let me know how using the new DLL goes,

Jifl
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[ECOS] Re: New Release

[Jonathan Larmour]

"amassa@cts.com" wrote:
> 
> The error message was what you replaced with [snip] in the last email
> message.

Sorry I lost track of which person was which.
 
> The mounts I have are:
> 
> d:\cygwin\bin  /usr/bin
> d:\cygwin\lib  /usr/lib
> d:\cygwin  /
> 
> When I added c: /c and d: /d, it complained that those directories didn't
> exist.

That's only a warning. What I needed to know is the mode of the mounts.
i.e. text mode or binary mode. Please cut-and-paste the output of "mount".
 
> I also tried to install gdb5.0 and get warnings during the configuration and
> then when I try to build it I get an error:
> 
> commands commence before first target.

Did you install any patches? What mount point is the sources on? What mount
are you building on?

Please remember to CC ecos-discuss. I'm not in the business of free
one-to-one support.

Jifl
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Red Hat, 35 Cambridge Place, Cambridge, UK. CB2 1NS  Tel: +44 (1223) 728762
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[ECOS] Re: New Release

[Jonathan Larmour]

"amassa@cts.com" wrote:
> 
> When I send email to ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com it always bounces
> back saying that it is not allowing my message to go through because it is
> trying to cut down on spam.  Do you know why this is happening.

That probably means that your site, or your ISPs site, are associated with
spam. Please read http://sourceware.cygnus.com/lists.html#orbs-sucks

> I have been having a tough time with the cygwin 1.1.1 release.  I tried to
> build eCos using the configuration tool, however, I get makefile errors.  Do
> you know what this could be?

Not if you don't say what the problems are! There is a bug in the current
eCos configuration tool where it does not mount the drives in text mode
correctly. To work around this, type in the following at a cygwin bash
prompt:

mount c:/ /c

You should do something similar for each drive (d: e: etc.) which is used
for eCos development, e.g.

mount d:/ /d

and so on.
 
> I saw in a previous post that a new release of cygwin (1.1.2) is coming out
> and I also see that there is a new insight (5.0) release.  Is is best to
> re-install everything cygwin, binutils, gcc and insight?

You should not need to reinstall cygwin when the upgrade comes out -
instead run "setup -u" and install from the internet which will upgrade
only those bits that need upgrading. Insight 5.0 is unlikely to give you
much benefit over the one you are using, if you only just installed a
recent snapshot. It is unlikely to be worth it, but obviously you can if
you want - there's nothing stopping you!

Jifl
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