Re: gcc.exe cross compiler (Cygwin -> Linux)

[Matthew Tippett <matthew.tippett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks.

If this works, there will be a lot of people that will be *VERY* 
happy - gcc 3.2 vs gcc 3.3.3 is a hell of a performance jump.

Thanks for the info guys.

Regards,

Matthew

Dan Kegel wrote:
> Matthew Tippett wrote:
>
> > > > I am looking at having a gcc-3.3.3 that runs under windows and 
> > > > generates linux binaries.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone one know of any references for building a gcc.exe that 
> > > > generates binaries for Linux under Windows?
> > > Try crosstool at http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/
>
>  >
>  > I have used cross tool for Linux cross compilers for Linux.
>  >
>  > I didn't see any mention of targetting a Windows executable.  I will
>  > look deeper though.
>
> The latest snapshot,
> http://kegel.com/crosstool/crosstool-0.28-rc16.tar.gz
> can build on Cygwin.  (However, the latest Cygwin (1.5.9-1)
> has a bug which causes it to crash when building glibc;
> the workaround is to grab the latest cygwin1.dll snapshot, e.g.
> http://cygwin.com/snapshots/cygwin1-20040520.dll.bz2,
> uncompress it, exit all Cygwin processes, and copy it
> over the old cygwin1.dll.)
> - Dan