> > Hello, > > > > I am building a cross compiler (linux 32 bits -> windows 32 bits). > > I have compiled and installed: > > - binutils-2.24.51 > > - gcc-4.9.1 (with mingwrt-4.0.3.1 and w32api-4.0.3.1 headers) > > > > But when I try to configure the w32api library, I got an error: > > $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32 --build=`./config.guess` --host=i686-pc-mingw32 --disable-nls > > bash: ./config.guess: No such file or directory > > configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-nls > > configure: WARNING: if you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. > > If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used > > checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu > > checking host system type... i686-pc-mingw32 > > checking target system type... i686-pc-mingw32 > > checking for i686-pc-mingw32-gcc... i686-pc-mingw32-gcc > > checking whether the C compiler works... no > > configure: error: in `/tmp/build/w32api-4.0.3-1.mingw32-src': > > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables > > See `config.log' for more details > > > > As you can see, there is a missing "config.guess" file in the archive. > > Is it supposed to be there? > > > Also, the "--disable-nls" option is not available. > > Then why are you using it? > > > Maybe it can explain why the C compiler is recognize by the configure script as not working. > > > > Do you have any idea why I am unable to compile this w32api please? > > w32api is not part of GCC, maybe you should ask on a mingw list, but > it looks like you're calling its configure wrong and then complaining > that it doesn't work. For the "config.guess" file, yes it was supposed to be there because in w32api-3.17 this file was present. In w32api-4.0.3.1, it is absent. This file is useful to guess my platform: $ ./config.guess i686-pc-linux-gnu So, instead of calling this config.guess script, I can replace it by the "i686-pc-linux-gnu" string. It is just strange that this file is missing. For the "--disable-nls" option it is because I don't need Native Language Support for this compiler. This option was available for w32api-3.17 but seems to be absent from the w32api-4.0.3.1 release. Yes, I am aware that this is a problem of w32api (which is part of the mingw project). This mailing-list is for discussions about gcc. On the mailing-list of mingw, I have already asked, and there is a lack of responses so I try here. I am using gcc-4.9.1 to build my cross-compiler as you can see above, so we can say that this discussion is not completely out of the mailing-list focus. I am wondering why my C compiler cannot create executables. I have compiled it with these options: $ ../gcc-4.9.1/configure --prefix=/usr --target=i686-pc-mingw32 --disable-shared --enable-languages=c --disable-nls I have always used these options for building my cross-compiler. Today, I try with a new version of gcc and it is a failure. Instead of downgrading, I would like to understand better why it does not work with the latest gcc, binutils, w32api and mingwrt. If anyone has an idea about that, please tell me.
