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

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 04:13:22PM +0000, 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. 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?

You didn't tell us what distro you were using: because the autobuilder uses
a lot of system-wide tools, it's quite dependent on the distro you're
running on. This could probably be better handled, but the least-pain
option is to run in a VM of Debian or Ubuntu if that isn't your native
platform. (I'd suggest Ubuntu 14.04 as a sensible baseline these days)

Some autobuilder packages are broken, and Alan's been working through them
fixing them up. Upstream changes means it's always a moving target to some
degree.

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

Post them to the list, or create a ticket in GCCSDK bugzilla (which will
turn into a post to the list).

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

They're in SVN:
http://www.riscos.info/websvn/filedetails.php?repname=gccsdk&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fgcc4%2Frecipe%2Ffiles%2Fgcc%2Flibunixlib%2Fmodule%2Fsul.s

This list is the best place to raise any concerns...

Theo

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