From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12609 invoked by alias); 1 Oct 2009 18:36:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 12598 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Oct 2009 18:36:03 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-out.google.com (HELO smtp-out.google.com) (216.239.45.13) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:35:56 +0000 Received: from wpaz29.hot.corp.google.com (wpaz29.hot.corp.google.com [172.24.198.93]) by smtp-out.google.com with ESMTP id n91IZsss004697 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:35:54 -0700 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fgae21.prod.google.com [10.86.56.21]) by wpaz29.hot.corp.google.com with ESMTP id n91IZpuU003177 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:35:52 -0700 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e21so1738074fga.10 for ; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:35:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.87.66.2 with SMTP id t2mr1477926fgk.62.1254422151024; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:35:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from coign.google.com (adsl-71-133-8-30.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net [71.133.8.30]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm80534fgg.13.2009.10.01.11.35.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:35:49 -0700 (PDT) To: "Paul Edwards" Cc: "Paul Brook" , Subject: Re: i370 port - constructing compile script References: <200909251516.n8PFGPYn014618@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com> <4F1842D6879348899E3A1999066969F5@Paullaptop> <200910011528.11586.paul@codesourcery.com> <1FFBE29D3726466BAD8DB886379DAD49@Paullaptop> From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:36:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <1FFBE29D3726466BAD8DB886379DAD49@Paullaptop> (Paul Edwards's message of "Fri\, 2 Oct 2009 01\:59\:10 +1000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-System-Of-Record: true X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2009-10/txt/msg00017.txt.bz2 "Paul Edwards" writes: >> the gcc build system working. Trying to bootstrap gcc there seems >> like a lot >> of pain for no real benefit. > > The effort is mostly in the Canadian Cross. The changes to get it to > bootstrap from that point are relatively small. I think you are underestimating the work involved. Many years ago now, when Steve Chamberlain started porting the GNU tools to bootstrap on Windows, he realized that the best approach was to write (what is now known as) cygwin. It may sound crazy now, but bringing the Unix environment to yours is doable, and it has many ancillary benefits. Ian