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Re: configuring binutils
- To: Mike MacMillan <mmacmillan at draper dot com>
- Subject: Re: configuring binutils
- From: Michael Meissner <meissner at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:49:24 -0400
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <4.2.0.58.20001004131315.00a43100@imap.draper.com>
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:21:28PM -0400, Mike MacMillan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Ran configure script for GNU binutils tool under Windows NT.Script appears
> to have worked.
> However,I observed a message "checking target system
> type...powerpc_unknown-eabi".
> A makefile file is generated in /tmp/build/binutils as well as a directory
> powerpc-eabi which
> is empty. Did the configure work?? If not,does anybody know why? Can I
> proceed to
> configure gdb and gcc without having succesfully configured binutils?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
Assuming you are trying to target a PowerPC eABI system, make sure the --target
is either: --target=powerpc-eabi (or) --target=powerpc-unknown-eabi. It looks
like from your message you used --target=powerpc_unknown-eabi, which is not
correct (ie, using a `_' insteaad of a `-').
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