Build Errors building MIPS-ELF-GCC

Hi, I am attempting to build the mips-elf gcc tool chain. I already have binutils built, so no issues there. The steps call for: 1. download GCC (e.g. ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-3.4.6/gcc-3.4.6.tar.bz2). I downloaded the latest version 4.6.0 rather than 3.4.6, so maybe that is the problem.

Re: Cygwin and Windows Paths Leaking Through

Hi Chuck, You are right. I had to create a separate folder, which in my case I used your advice and did /usr/local/build-binutils. I also found out that the reason for my earlier problems with the make file complaining about carriage returns was because I used WinZip to expand the binutils-2.21

Re: Cygwin and Windows Paths Leaking Through

Here's your problem: binutils and gcc don't support compiling "in the > source tree". You need to create a separate, empty build directory > *outside* the src directory, and run configure/make in there. I did just that. I downloaded binutils-2.21 and expanded everything into a new empty folder

Cygwin and Windows Paths Leaking Through

Hi, I am using Cygwin 1.7.9-1 on my Windows desktop. I ran into a problem a few weeks ago using the dmake.exe uiliy, wherein dmake wanted the project that I was builing to be not in Linu convetion, but rather in a Windows notation. Since ":" and "\" are not acceptable characters in a Linux pat