Re: [ECOS] Building from OS X

[Rib Rdb <ribrdb at ribrdb dot com>]

On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 04:49 PM, Rib Rdb wrote:

> If I don't specify one it says:
> checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host 
> type; you must specify one

I guess it helps to check out the host package.  Now it seems to work 
despite the fact that configure doesn't recognize the system type.

> On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 04:37 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
>
> > 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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