Problem configuring RTEMS for m68k (Cygwin)

[Stephan Merker]

I get a strange crash when configuring RTEMS (rtems-ss-20001121) for target
m68k-rtems on Cygwin host.

When the configure script (rtems-ss-20001121/c/make/configure) checks for
whether the compiler is a cross compiler, it builds conftest.exe and tries
to start it. This should fail since the exe is for 68k. However, Cygwin
hangs after trying to start it.

config.log output:
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

configure:553: checking for gmake
configure:612: checking for RTEMS Version
configure:673: checking host system type
configure:694: checking target system type
configure:712: checking build system type
configure:735: checking rtems target cpu
configure:773: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:826: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:883: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
configure:922: checking for working aclocal
configure:935: checking for working autoconf
configure:948: checking for working automake
configure:961: checking for working autoheader
configure:974: checking for working makeinfo
configure:988: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of
Makefiles
configure:1185: checking if cpu m68k is supported
configure:1247: checking for m68k-rtems-gcc
configure:1279: checking for gcc
configure:1392: checking whether the C compiler (m68k-rtems-gcc  ) works
configure:1408: m68k-rtems-gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
/opt/rtems/m68k-rtems/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start;
defaulting to 80000074


My configuration:
- up-to-date Cygwin (1.1.6)
- m68k-rtems-binutils-2.9.5.0.24.tgz
- 68k-rtems-gcc-gcc2.95.2newlib1.8.2.tgz
- rtems-base-binutils-2.9.5.0.24.tgz
- rtems-base-gcc-gcc2.95.2newlib1.8.2.tgz

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Stephan

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