Re: [gccsdk] Building the GCCSDK - current status?

On 26/02/15 16:13, John Ballance wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> I thought it was time to look at this. I've followed the various
> instructions at http://www.riscos.info/index.php/Using_GCCSDK and more
> or less got a working crossbuild environment. I did gave to patch ppl
> for a ptrdiff_t error.

I haven't seen this problem myself; perhaps an issue with the native GCC
you're using to build the cross compiler? I'm using v4.8.2. I've just
recently rebuilt the 4.7.4 compiler from scratch and the only issue was
with downloading the source for GMP which gave this:

--2015-02-26 18:46:54--
ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/gmp-5.0.1/gmp-5.0.1.tar.bz2
=> 'gmp-5.0.1.tar.bz2'
Resolving ftp.gmplib.org (ftp.gmplib.org)... 130.242.124.100
Connecting to ftp.gmplib.org (ftp.gmplib.org)|130.242.124.100|:21...
connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /pub/gmp-5.0.1 ... done.
==> SIZE gmp-5.0.1.tar.bz2 ... 2006109
==> PASV ...

It got stuck here, I had to CTRL-C to exit.

Anyone else see this, or is it just me?

I had to change the URL locally in the top level makefile to:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-$(GMP_VERSION).tar.bz2

> Attempts then to use the autobuilder bring up
> frequent errors however.
>
> That leads me to ask: is there a more accurate setup script, or has time
> just taken its toll?

Some packages always target the latest source and it's inevitable that
the patches will become outdated causing patching at build time to fail.
OTOH, some packages target a specific version of their source, and the
patches stay stable.

> Also, if patches are found needed, just to build what in theory should
> build, what is the correct feedback path to use?

If any packages that you need fail to build, then it's probably best to
report them here on the mail list and I'm sure someone will have a look
for you.

> A third Q: SharedUnixLibrary: who currently handles this?.. are the
> sources accessible?

This is part of the Unixlib source and can be found at:

gcc4/srcdir/gcc/libunixlib/module/sul.s

Lee.


_______________________________________________
GCCSDK mailing list gcc@gccsdk.riscos.info
Bugzilla: http://www.riscos.info/bugzilla/index.cgi
List Info: http://www.riscos.info/mailman/listinfo/gcc
Main Page: http://www.riscos.info/index.php/GCCSDK