Re: [avr-gcc-list] AVR environment on Solaris 10

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi Eric,

> Normally binutils is built in a separate build directory, not built in 
> its source tree.
>
> I don't know for sure if you really need to use the --program-prefix 
> configure switch in binutils and gcc. The build process normally does 
> that on other hosts, but I don't know how it behaves on Solaris.
>
> You do need to make sure that after binutils is built, that you put 
> the installation directory (--prefix) in your PATH environment 
> variable. Building gcc and avr-libc will need to know where the 
> just-built AVR assembler and linker are located.
>
> You have the gcc configure switch --enable-language=c and it should be 
> --enable-languages=c. Note that "languages" is plural.
>
> It would be better to build gcc version 4.3.3, instead of 4.2.3. It's 
> a more recent version and it's being used on other hosts.
>
> To get support for other devices, as well as a number of bug fixes, 
> you'll need to patch your binutils and gcc source code using the 
> patches found at the WinAVR project (SourceForge) or using the patches 
> found in the FreeBSD Ports project. These are roughly the same 
> patches. The WinAVR patches only patch binutils 2.19 though, not 2.20.
>
> You will need to have the GMP and MPFR library packages on your host 
> in order to properly build GCC. If you don't have these libraries, 
> they are relatively easy to build.
>
> I don't know for sure whether any of the above is a cause of your 
> problem, but it might help out.

Thanks for all your comments. I am currently downloading gcc 4.33 and 
will retry with the modified options. I will let you know ...

Thanks a lot,

 Andreas