From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1GF89u-000556-5S for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:41:34 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GF89s-000539-Cr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:41:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GF89q-00051B-GO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:41:31 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GF89q-000513-7N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:41:30 -0400 Received: from [213.165.64.20] (helo=mail.gmx.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GF8HD-0000Eq-3e for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:49:07 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 21 Aug 2006 11:41:26 -0000 Received: from p50927F74.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO [127.0.0.1]) [80.146.127.116] by mail.gmx.net (mp023) with SMTP; 21 Aug 2006 13:41:26 +0200 X-Authenticated: #733973 Message-ID: <44E99BD9.8090503@gmx.de> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:41:13 +0200 From: Jan Kleinsorge User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <209fb0720608210204o431e144ejbdc990b3cc4e9736@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <209fb0720608210204o431e144ejbdc990b3cc4e9736@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: Failed to configure/make under Cygwin X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:41:32 -0000 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > 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