cygwin build problems on gcc-3_0-branch and main-trunk

Fri Apr 13 13:38:00 GMT 2001

On 2001年4月13日, Immanuel, Gidado-Yisa wrote:
> I want to investigate the problem, but I need a little assistance
> at this point. I've tried both the main-trunk, and the
> gcc-3.0-branch. I've also tried configuring for just 'c++' as well
> as 'c++,java' (hence my posting to gcc@gcc.gnu.org; I'm not on
> gcc@gcc, so please reply to me directly).
>> In all 4 cases I get a similar variation on the errors posted
> below during 'make bootstrap'.
>> PLATFORM: Windows2000, cygwin: 1.1.8-2, 933Mhz
>> GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-2/specs
> gcc version 2.95.3-2 (cygwin special)
>> CONFIGURATION: gcc-3_0-branch (same thing happens for 'c++,java')
> ../gcc/configure --with-gcc-version-trigger=/d/dev/gnu2/gcc/gcc/version.c
> --host=i686-pc-cygwin --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/d/dev/gcc
> --enable-shared --enable-languages=c++ --disable-win32-registry
> --norecursion

Do not use --enable-threads with Cygwin 1.1.8. It should in theory work
with Cygwin snapshots newer than 2001年04月10日.
> RESULTS OF 'make bootstrap':
> [...]
> /usr/include/sys/reent.h:13:19: #include nested too deeply
> /usr/include/sys/reent.h:14:18: #include nested too deeply
> In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:48,
> from ../../gcc/gcc/tsystem.h:63,
> from ../../gcc/gcc/config/i386/cygwin.h:37,
> --> from tm.h:7,
> | repeated from ../../gcc/gcc/config/i386/xm-i386.h:39,
> | 47 times from tconfig.h:6,
> --> from ../../gcc/gcc/config/i386/cygwin.h:36,
> from tm.h:7,
> from ../../gcc/gcc/config/i386/xm-i386.h:39,
> from tconfig.h:6,
> from ../../gcc/gcc/libgcc2.c:36:
> /usr/include/sys/reent.h:28: parse error before "__ULong"
> /usr/include/sys/reent.h:42: parse error before "__ULong"
> /usr/include/sys/reent.h:183: field `_localtime_buf' has incomplete type
> /usr/include/sys/reent.h:211: confused by earlier errors, bailing out
> make[3]: *** [libgcc/./_muldi3.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/d/dev/gnu2/objdir/gcc'
> make[2]: *** [libgcc.a] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/d/dev/gnu2/objdir/gcc'
> make[1]: *** [stage1_build] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/dev/gnu2/objdir/gcc'
> make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

It's a bug somewhere deep inside of Cygwin runtime that I haven't been 
able to find. The good news is that any recent Cygwin snapshot should
work just fine. 
Regards,
Mumit