Path: news.daimi.aau.dk!not-for-mail From: Morten Grouleff Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: Re: Beta and win95 with cygwin32 GNU Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 14:49:12 +0100 (MET) Organization: DAIMI, Computer Science Dept. at Aarhus University Lines: 54 Approved: mailtonews@daimi.aau.dk Distribution: world Message-ID: <199802061349.OAA13674@noatun.mjolner.dk> Reply-To: Morten Grouleff NNTP-Posting-Host: daimi.daimi.aau.dk Xref: news.daimi.aau.dk comp.lang.beta:11372 Daniel Bonniot writes: > Bo Normann Pedersen wrote: > > > > A couple of days ago i decided to install BETA on my PC, which is > > running Win95. > > So I downloaded Beta & Cygwin32 GNU. > > Everything seemed to be working fine, but at the time I wanted to > > compile I found out that I couldn't. > > > > Every time I try I get the same error : > > > ... > > Linking > > /gnuwin32/b18/H-i386-cygwin32/i386-cygwin32/bin/ld.exe : > > cannot open -lmingw32: No such file or directory > > gcc: Internal compiler error: Program ld got fatal signal 1. > ... > > Bo Normann > > There are two ports of GNU to win32 : cygwin32 and mingw32. > Molner wants you to use mingw32. That's why mingw32 library should be > linked, > and you don't have it ! > > On Molner web page, you have the instructions to download mingw32. > (http://www.mjolner.dk/download/gnu-software.html) > > But as I said in a previous message, there is still a problem with the > link phase, > as some object code from the beta system cannot be linked with gnu > (mingw32) ld. > This bug is referenced... > > I tried to use cygwin32 ld instead, but the same problem occured. > I think Molner should recompile the object code for gnu SDK, but I may > be wrong. > > Are Molner people reading this, or should I write them ? > > Anyway good luck for those who try to use gnu sdk on win32. Don't > hesitate to tell if you have news. We have placed the GNU files we used to compile the Mjølner System for GNU on our ftp server. Please look at (The page can also be found through out homepage by selecting Download, then "How to get and install GNU Win32SDK") Regards, Morten Grouleff, Mjølner Informatics.