From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.webnames.ca (mx1.webnames.ca [209.15.37.53]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C9DE3858D1E for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2023 22:00:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 1C9DE3858D1E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tranaptic.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=tranaptic.ca Received: from KeithPC (S0106a84e3f5f3d33.gv.shawcable.net [70.66.167.121]) (user=kclifford@tranaptic.ca mech=LOGIN bits=0) by mx1.webnames.ca with ESMTP id 35QM0sCa025242-35QM0sCb025242; Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:00:54 -0700 From: "Keith Clifford" To: =?UTF-8?Q?'Hans-Bernhard_Br=C3=B6ker'?= , References: <054401d9a62e$7f6da9a0$7e48fce0$@tranaptic.ca> <4cf65a8e-8f36-1891-e988-eadac34fa979@t-online.de> In-Reply-To: <4cf65a8e-8f36-1891-e988-eadac34fa979@t-online.de> Subject: RE: Newlib build fails Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:00:54 -0700 Message-ID: <065b01d9a879$ae477c90$0ad675b0$@tranaptic.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQIVf42dJ3LyQm3PDe9db1DsL77M8wMAxqDSrw3oPNA= Content-Language: en-ca X-FEAS-Auth-User: kclifford@tranaptic.ca X-FEAS-Client-IP: 70.66.167.121 X-FE-Last-Public-Client-IP: 70.66.167.121 X-FE-Policy-ID: 2:10:0:SYSTEM X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Hi, Originally, I did build it under MinGW using MSYS but it was becoming = troublesome keeping it all working with the changes to MSYS and MinGW = that were going on at the time. MinGW is nowhere nearly as well = supported as Cygwin. Cygwin offers a much richer build/development = environment. At least in theory, I should be able to run whatever I = build in the Cygwin environment. Cygwin is maintained better. Other than = one hiccup that had nothing to do with Cygwin, once I got the compilers = building under Cygwin, I've had relatively little trouble continuing to = build them compared to the difficulties I had had under MinGW. Regards, Keith Keith Clifford Cell: 250 888-4558 Email: kclifford@tranaptic.ca Web: https://www.tranaptic.ca -----Original Message----- From: Newlib On = Behalf Of Hans-Bernhard Br=C3=B6ker Sent: June-25-23 4:52 AM To: newlib@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Newlib build fails Am 24.06.2023 um 01:57 schrieb Keith Clifford: > Hi, >=20 > I am building newlib for a MinGW cross compiler tool chain for ARM,=20 > M68K, and PowerPC. But why are you building it as a "canadian cross"? In other words, why = would you use Cygwin to build this cross compiler, instead of MinGW = itself?