Help! - Compilation error for mips-rtems tools under Cygwin

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Keith Siders wrote:
> 
> --- "Joel Sherrill <joel at OARcorp.com>"
> <joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com> wrote:
> 
>>>still preceeded it. So I modified the user profile
>>
>>to
>>
>>>prepend any previous paths, got
>>
>>/gcc-mips-rtems/bin as
>>
>>>the first path, and it still made the same
>>
>>complaint.
>>
>>>$ echo $PATH
>>>
>>
> /gcc-mips-rtems/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Program
> 
> Files/doxygen/bin:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/ATT/Graphviz/bin:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/ATT/Graphviz/bin/tools:/cygdrive/c/Program
> 
> Files/cvsnt:.:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> 
>>>sidersk at siders-desk /source
>>>$
>>>
> 
> ...
> 
>>Before you build, start a fresh shell and "echo
>>$PATH".
> 
> That's what the above was. ;-)
> 
> 
>>type mips-rtems4.7-gcc.  Make sure they are what you
>>think
>>they should be.
> 
> 
> Well, I can't since that's what I'm trying to build.:(

I meant "type mips-rtems4.7-as".  You want to make sure it is
in your PATH

>>It is best to have a VERY clean environment when
>>using Cygwin.
>>You need to get rid of the Windows parts of the PATH
>>as well
>>as "." It is a security risk even if it isn't
>>causing this.
> 
> 
> I'd sure like to find where that is getting set...

Try an explicit "export PATH=dir:dir..." and don't
inherit any PATH from the environment.

>>Also do an "env" command and make sure LIB, CC, and
>>anything
>>else that looks like it might be related to building
>>software
>>relates to Cygwin not Windows.
> 
> 
> Don't see anything yet that resembles these, perhaps
> because I haven't successfully built the tool yet?

More likely no Visual Studio conflicts. :)

> Thanks!
> 
> 
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