Failed to configure/make under Cygwin

Failed to configure/make under Cygwin

[Michele Montagni]

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I've tried compiling GRUB 1.94 in Cygwin under Windows 2000, but "configure"
fails with the following messages:

 checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... no
configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your
binutils

My Cygwin is up-to-date as of today, thus the 'binutils'
package has no later version available. This is the version
information I get by using the commands "ld -v" and "objcopy -V":

 GNU version 2.17.50 20060709

I also downloaded, recompiled and installed the latest version of
'binutils', but the result did not change.
Notice that the same error is obtained while trying to "configure" the old,
legacy GRUB version 0.97 .
Any ideas ?

Michele Montagni
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21100 Varese - Italy
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Re: Failed to configure/make under Cygwin

[Jan Kleinsorge]

Michele Montagni schrieb:
> I've tried compiling GRUB 1.94 in Cygwin under Windows 2000, but 
> "configure" fails with the following messages:
>
>  checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... no
> configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade 
> your binutils
>
> My Cygwin is up-to-date as of today, thus the 'binutils'
> package has no later version available. This is the version
> information I get by using the commands "ld -v" and "objcopy -V":
>
>  GNU version 2.17.50 20060709
>
> I also downloaded, recompiled and installed the latest version of 
> 'binutils', but the result did not change.
> Notice that the same error is obtained while trying to "configure" the 
> old, legacy GRUB version 0.97 .
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Michele Montagni
> via Sabotino 16
> 21100 Varese - Italy
> ------------------------------
> phone: +39(0332)23.83.87
> fax:      +39(0332)23.45.72
> cell.:     +39(349)10.14.550    
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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>   
Hi,

You will need a toolchain that supports i386/ELF. The Cygwin tools are
very limited and produce PE objects. Also, the binutils are either
'empty' or also tweaked for PE. There is no official toolchain for
Cygwin. In short: This won't work.


Jan