Building gcc-2.95.2 for NT (win32)

Building gcc-2.95.2 for NT (win32)

[Harald Lüning]

Is it possible to build version 2.95.2 for NT?

I've tried to use bash-2.02 and have followed the instructions on
" http://egcs.cygnus.com/install/configure.html ".

First, when issuing the command
% ../configure
I get the response:
"bash: ../configure: No such file or directory"
Even if the command
% ls -la ../configure
gives the result
"-rwxr-xr-x   1 544      everyone    50037 Apr  2  1999 ../configure"

Instead, trying
% source ../configure
the script expects a target to be provided.
What target shall be provided for NT (win32)?
Is it supported at all?

Thanks in advance
//Harald

Re: Building gcc-2.95.2 for NT (win32)

[Charles Nelson]

Hi Harald,
I have had this same problem and if you look at the 1st line in the
'configure' file you will notice that it reads '# !/bin/sh',  this line
and other lines like it are the cause of many wasted hours for those of
us forced to a standard computer system (namely a Wintel machine).  The
easiest solution is to create a sub-directory call 'bin' and copy
'sh.exe' into it.  It really seems that if you want to take advantage of
the power and benefits that GNU provides, then we "NT" users must
ultimately do all the work of porting and configuration ourselves. If you
want to make your life easy in the GNU world, then get and learn to use a
Unix type system.  Good Luck!

--
-------------------------------------------------------------
Charles L. Nelson
Embedded Systems Architect
ARAES(tm)
Applications Research And Engineering Services
-------------------------------------------------------------
> Where Technical Ideas Become Practical Products <

Re: Building gcc-2.95.2 for NT (win32)

[Charles Nelson]

Hi Harald,
I have had this same problem and if you look at the 1st line in the
'configure' file you will notice that it reads '# !/bin/sh',  this line
and other lines like it are the cause of many wasted hours for those of
us forced to a standard computer system (namely a Wintel machine).  The
easiest solution is to create a sub-directory call 'bin' and copy
'sh.exe' into it.  It really seems that if you want to take advantage of
the power and benefits that GNU provides, then we "NT" users must
ultimately do all the work of porting and configuration ourselves. If you
want to make your life easy in the GNU world, then get and learn to use a
Unix type system.  Good Luck!

--
-------------------------------------------------------------
Charles L. Nelson
Embedded Systems Architect
ARAES(tm)
Applications Research And Engineering Services
-------------------------------------------------------------
> Where Technical Ideas Become Practical Products <

Building gcc-2.95.2 for NT (win32)

[Harald Lüning]

Is it possible to build version 2.95.2 for NT?

I've tried to use bash-2.02 and have followed the instructions on
" http://egcs.cygnus.com/install/configure.html ".

First, when issuing the command
% ../configure
I get the response:
"bash: ../configure: No such file or directory"
Even if the command
% ls -la ../configure
gives the result
"-rwxr-xr-x   1 544      everyone    50037 Apr  2  1999 ../configure"

Instead, trying
% source ../configure
the script expects a target to be provided.
What target shall be provided for NT (win32)?
Is it supported at all?

Thanks in advance
//Harald