Fw: problems building RTEMS 4.6.99.3

[Robert S. Grimes]

Sorry that didn't work.  Try linking to the host flavor?

Anyway, I agree it's only a hack, but it's the best I can do for you
until one of the more knowledgeable people give you a better one!

Good luck!
-Bob

avy st wrote:
> Hello Bob,
>  
>   I saw the line.  It looked wierd to me as well, but I had no clue
> why the sanity check refered to /lib/cpp.  You gave a possible answer
> - there are some configurations where there should be a /lib/cpp, and
> probably what we see is a configuration file bug, that mis-interprets
> my configuration.  The question is - where, and how do I locate the bug?
>  
>   As for your suggestion, I tried it (I tried linking it to the target
> flavor, though).  It didn't work.  Even if it did, it would be a hack,
> and a correction was still needed. 
> Avy
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Robert S. Grimes <rsg at alum.mit.edu>
> To: avy st <astrominger at yahoo.com>
> Cc: RTEMS mailing list <rtems-users at rtems.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 5:18:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: problems building RTEMS 4.6.99.3
>
> Hi Avy,
>
> Not sure, but don't these lines look funny to you?
>
>     checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
>     configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
>
> I'm not sure which cpp it is looking at (host or target), but I would
> expect something like /usr/bin/cpp (host) or
> /opt/rtems-tools-4.7/bin/powerpc-rtems-cpp (target).  I know _my_ cygwin
> has no /lib/cpp.  I did check, and my Gentoo Linux box _does_ have a
> /lib/cpp.  Again, I don't know what the configure script is looking for,
> but in case it is looking for the host flavor, I would try (naively,
> perhaps) creating a symbolic link (e.g. ln -s /usr/bin/cpp /lib/cpp) and
> see if that works.
>
> Funny, I didn't have that problem...
>
> -Bob
>
>
> avy st wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >  
> > I'm trying to build the RTEMS toolset and RTEMS 4.6.99.3 for powerpc,
> > hosted on cygwin, and supporting Ada.  I followed pretty much the
> > instructions givn on
> > http://www.rtems.com/wiki/index.php/BuildingUnderCygwin (with the
> > required modifications needed for Ada building), and got a problem
> > when building RTEMS itself which blows with the following message:
> >  
> >
> >     checking for RTEMS_NETWORKING... no
> >     checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
> >     configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
> >     See `config.log' for more details.
> >     configure: error:
> >    
> ../../../../../../../source/rtems-4.6.99.3/c/src/../../testsuites/samples/configure
> >     failed for samples
> >     configure: error: /bin/sh
> >    
> '../../../../../../source/rtems-4.6.99.3/c/src/../../testsuites/configure'
> >     failed for ../../testsuites
> >     make[2]: *** [psim] Error 1
> >     make[2]: Leaving directory
> >    
> `/cygdrive/d/BuildGccCygwin/powerpc-rtems-4.7-tools/rtems-4.6.99.3/powerpc-rtems/c'
> >     make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> >     make[1]: Leaving directory
> >    
> `/cygdrive/d/BuildGccCygwin/powerpc-rtems-4.7-tools/rtems-4.6.99.3/powerpc-rtems/c'
> >     make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> >      
> >
> > The config.log and the end of the make log of the make output are
> > enclosed.
> > Any Ideas?
> > Thanks
> > Avy Strominger
> > astrominger at yahoo.com <mailto:astrominger at yahoo.com>
> >
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