RE: [avr-gcc-list] build srecord under mingw

[Weddington, Eric]

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> org] On Behalf Of Bob Paddock
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:26 AM
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> Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] build srecord under mingw
> 
> > It isn't done. WinAVR ships with SRecord 1.38 because that 
> is the last version that did >not require the Boost 
> libraries. Like you, I did not see a Boost package for MinGW.
> 
> There is no package.  Build from the boost instructions.
> 
> Goto the Boost Download site linked from http://www.boost.org .
> 
> Download boost_1_38_0, get the latest bjam executable in the 
> nxt86.zip package.
> 
> Get the PDF documentation for Boost if you want them.  The 
> link to them
> is hiding in the lower left corner of the download page in 
> the 'news' section.
> 
> Build with the TDM version of MingW (4.3.3 today).  Put bjam 
> in your path,
> put mingw\bin in your path.
> 
> Unpack boost to boost_1_38_0.
> cd boost_1_38_0
> mkdir build
> then run:
> 
> bjam --build-dir=build --toolset=gcc --build-type=complete stage

That's funny: I just found the build directions myself and it matches with 
above. :-)

I will probably build with the MinGW compiler, with the older version.

 
> Come back in three to five hours later when it is done 
> compiling (which mine
> has now been doing for about ten minutes.  I do this with 
> each release, it
> really does take *hours* to build boost.  I needed to update anyway).

I'm used to building the gcc toolchain on a regular basis. This takes a 
significant amount of time to build too.

 
> I'll try building srecord after all the compiling is done.

Let me know how it turns out.

FYI, my mother-in-law is in the hospital; she just got her hip replaced 
(scheduled surgery). So today we will be busy with visiting her, plus I have to 
take care of stuff around the house, and getting ready for a snow storm that's 
coming in. In other words: I'll have to try this out later, maybe tonight or 
tomorrow.