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
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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