Help installing gcc 3.2 on Windows

Help installing gcc 3.2 on Windows

[Clark, David R]

Hello,
I am trying to convert over to the gnu compiler from an ARM based one. However it appears all of the install scripts, specifically the configure program are created for use in a Unix world. How can I get these tools to build the latest - or simply download an already compiled compiler for the THUMB-ELF environment?
I have install the cygwin 99r1 release, however it will not handle path names over 64 characters and I am hoping the 3.2 compile will. We have very long path names > 80 characters on some.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

David Clark
Sony Ericsson
7001 Development Dr.                 Telephone: (919) 472-1607
RTP, NC 27709                        Fax:       (919) 472-7423
mailto:david.clark@sonyericsson.com  Mobile:    (919) 608-0592

RE: Help installing gcc 3.2 on Windows

[Dave Murphy]

Hi David

I can heartily recommend the MinGW compiler and minsys environment for
working with gcc based projects under windows. I find it much faster & less
resource hungry than the cygwin based equivalent.

These can be found here http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml

I have already compiled gcc 3.2.1 for an arm target for use with my own GBA
projects if it may be useful to you. This can be found here
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wintermute2002/

I haven't yet got around to producing docs for this or included specific
linkscript/crt0

I use minsys for the 'nix tools, rm, make etc so I recommend installing
that. Unzip the file from my site to either the root of your drive or to the
msys directory. You will need to provide a linkscript & crt0 for your
project though.

Feel free to mail me if you have any questions I may be able to help with.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org]On
> Behalf Of Clark, David R
> Sent: 13 February 2003 14:27
> To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Help installing gcc 3.2 on Windows
>
>
> Hello,
> I am trying to convert over to the gnu compiler from an ARM based
> one. However it appears all of the install scripts, specifically
> the configure program are created for use in a Unix world. How
> can I get these tools to build the latest - or simply download an
> already compiled compiler for the THUMB-ELF environment?
> I have install the cygwin 99r1 release, however it will not
> handle path names over 64 characters and I am hoping the 3.2
> compile will. We have very long path names > 80 characters on some.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> David Clark
> Sony Ericsson
> 7001 Development Dr.                 Telephone: (919) 472-1607
> RTP, NC 27709                        Fax:       (919) 472-7423
> mailto:david.clark@sonyericsson.com  Mobile:    (919) 608-0592
>