problem building cross compiler for RTEMS while fixing header files

[Joel Sherrill]

The simplest answer is to look at the binaries available 
in ftp.oarcorp.com:/pub/rtems/betas and upgrade to the
latest RTEMS.

There are RPMs and Debian packages.  But doesn't Slackware
use .tgz?

Tobias Kolb wrote:
> 
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I have a problem building the GNU C/C++ Cross Compiler Toolset as
> described in "Getting Started with RTEMS for C/C++ Users" Edition 4.0.0
> for RTEMS 4.0.0. I´m working on an old 486DX4 with Slackware 7 and Linux
> Kernel 2.2.13.
> I´m using egcs-1.1b, newlib-1.8.0, binutils-2.9.2 and the patches for
> them as describes in the above documentation. Should I use newer version
> of them; but where to find the RTEMS-patches?
> 
> When building the cross compiler for m68k I get the following error
> messages:
> ...
> Fixing directory
> /usr/local/src/crossdev/cross-tools/m68k-rtems/sys-include into
> /usr/local/src/crossdev/build-m68k-tools/gcc/include
> Checking header files
> Fixing limits.h
> Deleting /usr/local/src/crossdev/build-m68k-tools/gcc/include/limits.h;
> no fixes were needed.
> egrep: /usr/local/src/crossdev/build-m68k-tools/gcc/include/reg_types.h:
> No such file or directory
> egrep: /usr/local/src/crossdev/build-m68k-tools/gcc/include/regex.h: No
> such file or directory
> egrep:
> /usr/local/src/crossdev/build-m68k-tools/gcc/include/sys/lc_core.h: No
> such file or directory
> Cleaning up DONE files.
> Removing unneeded directories:
> rm -f include/syslimits.h
> if [ -f include/limits.h ]; then \
>  mv include/limits.h include/syslimits.h; \
> else \
>   cp ../../src/gcc/gsyslimits.h include/syslimits.h; \
> fi
> cp: cannot create regular file `include/syslimits.h': No such file or
> directory
> gmake[1]: *** [stmp-fixinc] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/local/src/crossdev/build-m68k-tools/gcc'
> gmake: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
> ERROR: **** FAILED **** base build (step 1)
> ...
> 
> Could anybody point me in the right direction? I searched the archives
> for this, but no real help I could understand.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance,
> 
> greetings Tobi

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