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Re: Building from OS X


On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 17:26, Rib Rdb wrote:
> What would be the proper way to build it.  Configure complains about an 
> unknown host type unless I lie and say --host=powerpc-apple-linux 
> instead of powerpc-apple-darwin.
> Should I just configure as linux and then edit the generated makefiles?
> 

Do you even need to tell it the host?  What happens if you just
"configure"?

> 
> On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 12:34 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 13:28, Rib Rdb wrote:
> >> Since the configuration tool won't build on OS X, would it work to
> >> configure and build eCos on a windows machine, then copy the libraries
> >> and headers to a Mac OS X machine and do the development there with 
> >> the
> >> appropriate cross compilers?  Also, would the version of gcc, etc used
> >> on the Mac have to be the same as on the Windows computer?
> >
> > Or, just use 'ecosconfig' on your Mac! which surely will build.
> >
> > There's no reason you absolutely have to use the Config Tool.

-- 
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates


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