Strange error while building binutils

Ali Asgar Nasir aliasgar.nasir at patni.com
Wed Aug 2 07:17:58 UTC 2006


binutils-2.13.2.1
rtems 4.6.6

command line used for configuring binutils
configure --target=m68-rtems --prefix=/rtems-docs4.6.6

command line used for building
make all
make info
make install

i get the error when i give the make all command.

Regards
ali



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Whitfield" <paulw at omnitronics.com.au>
To: "Ali Asgar Nasir" <aliasgar.nasir at patni.com>
Cc: "RTEMS - Mailing List" <rtems-users at rtems.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: Strange error while building binutils


> Ali Asgar Nasir wrote:
>> Hi
>> i get the following strange error while building binutils. can anyone 
>> guide=
>> how to remove this error.
>> i am using gnu make 3.80 on cygwin, GCC version 3.4.4
>> 
>> Regards
>> ali
>> 
>> ../../binutils-2.13.2.1/libiberty/regex.c:5175: error: dereferencing 
>> pointe=
>> r to
>> incomplete type
>> ../../binutils-2.13.2.1/libiberty/regex.c:5176: error: dereferencing 
>> pointe=
>> r to
>> incomplete type
>> ../../binutils-2.13.2.1/libiberty/regex.c:5178: error: dereferencing 
>> pointe=
>> r to
>> incomplete type
>> ../../binutils-2.13.2.1/libiberty/regex.c:5179: error: dereferencing 
>> pointe=
>> r to
>> incomplete type
>> ../../binutils-2.13.2.1/libiberty/regex.c:5199: error: dereferencing 
>> pointe=
>> r to
>> incomplete type
>> ../../binutils-2.13.2.1/libiberty/regex.c:5285: error: dereferencing 
>> pointe=
>> r to
>> incomplete type
>> ../../binutils-2.13.2.1/libiberty/regex.c:5324: error: dereferencing 
>> pointe=
>> r to
>> incomplete type
>> 
> 
> I think you need to provide more information before anyone will be
> able to help.
> 
> Please provide;
> 
> RTEMS version
> Binutils version
> command line you used for configuring / building.
> 
> 
> ALSO: AFAIK Cygwin is a temperamental build host.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
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