Bug 151230

Summary:	cross-mingw/binutils-2.17 fails to build
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) <alonbl>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers <toolchain>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	cross-mingw-binutils.log cross-mingw-info.log

Description Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-10-13 14:47:45 UTC

Hi!

It is the first time I try to use MinGW on linux... :)

# crossdev mingw
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 * Host Portage ARCH:     x86
 * Target Portage ARCH:   x86
 * Target System:         mingw
 * Stage:                 4 (C/C++ compiler)

 * binutils:              binutils-[latest]
 * gcc:                   gcc-[latest]
 * headers:               w32api-[latest]
 * libc:                  mingw-runtime-[latest]

 * PORTDIR_OVERLAY:       /usr/local/portage
 * PORT_LOGDIR:           /var/log/portage
 * PKGDIR:                /var/gentoo/packages/cross/mingw
 * PORTAGE_TMPDIR:        /var/tmp/cross/mingw
  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _
 * Forcing the latest versions of binutils-config/gcc-config ...                                           [ ok ]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-mingw-binutils.log
 * Emerging cross-binutils ...

 * binutils failed :(
 * If you file a bug, please attach the following logfiles:
 * /var/log/portage/cross-mingw-info.log
 * /var/log/portage/cross-mingw-binutils.log

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checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... Invalid configuration `mingw': machine `mingw' not recognized

Comment 1 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-10-13 14:48:17 UTC

Created attachment 99596 [details]
cross-mingw-binutils.log

Comment 2 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-10-13 14:48:54 UTC

Created attachment 99598 [details]
cross-mingw-info.log

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2006-10-13 15:37:40 UTC

mingw is not a valid target

you need mingw32 or mingw64

Comment 4 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-10-13 16:06:44 UTC

Thanks!
Will you consider checking the argument for stupid people like me?

Comment 5 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2006-10-13 16:28:12 UTC

crossdev accepts mingw* as ive never bothered to go through to figure out all the valid values