Subject: Re: cross-compiler building notes (Was: Is 1.4.1 fpe busted?)
To: Richard Pennington <rich@introl.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/07/1999 17:16:36
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Richard Pennington wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are 1.4.1 binaries incompatable with 1.4 systems for some reason?
>
> I cross compiled a program for someone with a Mac68k running 1.4 and
> it dumps core. Not initially - it can print out a sign-on message -
> but after it gets going.
>
> The program is pretty simple, it just opens some files for read and write
> and reads and writes them. :-)
I assume you mean you compiled something on a mac68k 1.4.1 system which
crashes on a 1.4 system? That shouldn't happen.
If however you cross-compiled from a non-m68k system, then you'll have
problems. The gnu binutils don't have support for our a.out shared
libraries. :-(
Take care,
Bill