[Buildroot] mpfr error on cygwin for arm

[Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 06:27:50PM -0700, Tom wrote:
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>Bernhard Fischer wrote:
>>On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 01:32:06PM -0700, Tom wrote:
>>>Hi Bernhard,
>>>
>>>Per your request, now attached the patch cygwin-3a.svndiff as an svn 
>>>diff to the current trunk.
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>>Well, that one applies cleanly, thanks, but you do not use the
>>corrected extensions at all?
>>
>>How does that help with building a useable rootfs? Just curious..
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>This patch is only the first step. It got me past gmp and mpfr. This has 
>been good enough to build a cygwin toolchain with a host gdb, which in 
>turn has been used to compile, debug and run a kernel :).

Ah, ok.

>Maybe this is also good enough for a first check-in, is it?

yes, it went in as r18723. Thanks.

>I see that more work is ahead of me before I can build the rootfs, and 
>it would be good if I can verify my understanding of what needs to be 
>done, using mpfr as an example:
>-I need to change package/mpfr/mpfr.mk (hardcoded extensions, maybe 
>strip cmd).

right
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>-This package/mpfr folder is the only place where I can make changes; 
>anything else about the mpfr module just downloaded / configured code, 
>right?

exactly.