Re: [Mingw-users] MinGw 5.3.1 - What is needed to compile gcc-4.2.1-2-src.tar.gz?

[JonY <10walls@xxxxxxxxx>]

Eduardo Mendes wrote:
> 
> Hello
>  
> Many many thanks.
>  
> A couple of more questions, if I may. Please see my comments below.
>  
>  > MSYS DTK can be found as msysDTK-1.0.1.exe. After installing MSYS, get
>  > the following updates:
>  >
>  > bash-3.1-MSYS-1.0.11-1.tar.bz2
>  > coreutils-5.97-MSYS-1.0.11-snapshot.tar.bz2
>  > MSYS-1.0.11-20070729.tar.bz2
>  >
>  > Extract them to your MSYS folder to update MSYS, by default C:\MSYS\1.0\
>  > I'm not sure if msysCORE-1.0.11-2007.01.19-1.tar.bz2 is needed or not.
>  
>  
> All extracted to c:\msys\1.0 ->  The package coreutils-5.97 created the 
> c:\msys\1.0\coreutils-97
> and under it bin, info, lib and man. I thought they should go directly 
> to c:\msys\1.0.  Am I right?

Right.
> 
>  >
>  > >
>  > > >
>  > > > Next, you can build the latest binutils from cvs checkout, or 
> grab the
>  > > > pre-compiled binutils binaries from the MinGW site.
>  > >
>  > > I think I will for the new binaries. Is that ok?
>  >
>  > Yeah, sure. Make sure you get the latest.
>  
> Done.
> 
>  >
>  > >
>  > > >
>  > > > Then you will need and updated GMP and MPFR. They may be 
> configured and
>  > > > installed with simply "./configure --prefix=/mingw --enable-static
>  > > > --enable-shared". They are needed for gfortran.
>  > >
>  > > Where do I find GMp and MPFR? GMP seems to be on of MSYS tools, 
> doesn't
>  > > it? I couldn't find MPFR!
>  >
>  > You should not be using GMP and MPFR from MSYS tools, they link to the
>  > MSYS runtime. You need to grab the source tarball and compile them to
>  > link to MS C runtime. The tarballs can be found at:
>  >
>  > http://gmplib.org/#DOWNLOAD
>  > http://mpfr.org/mpfr-current/
>  
>  
> Ok, but how to compile them?  Can I use msys environment? 

Yes, you need the MSYS environtment to run the configure shell script.
> 
>  >
>  > >
>  > > >
>  > > > Next should be gcc itself, I do suggest taking a look at the
>  > > > gcc-4.2.1-build-dw2-2.sh shell script provided at MinGW 
> sorceforge. It
>  > > > will provide clues to how gcc 4 should be configured and build.
>  > >
>  > > I am used gcc-4.2.1-build to find the problems with GMP and MPFR.
>  >
>  > I'm not sure if I understand your question, do you mean configure could
>  > not find an appropriate GMP and MPFR installed? As above, you need MinGW
>  > versions instead of MSYS versions.
>  
> Yes, it didn't find the appropriate GMP and MPFR and that was the reason 
> of my question in the first place.
> 
>  >
>  > Also, if you plan to build the ada and gnat portion, make sure you
>  > already have ada support, eg gcc-ada-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz. You may
>  > also need to disable DEP (data execution prevention) if you are using
>  > XP, 2003 or Vista for ada to build properly.
>  
> How disable DEP on Vista?

I don't have a vista machine, but google tells me
http://www.realtime-vista.com/administration/2007/04/disabling_data_execution_preve.htm

> 
>  
> Once more, many thanks for the help and patience.
>  
> Regards
>  
> Ed
>  


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