i586-mingw32msvc-gcc using the wrong compiler?

anon02 · 11-06-2011, 05:36 AM

Recently I installed i586-mingw32msvc-gcc onto my openSuSE netbook, and it cannot compile. It returns:

Code:

/tmp/ccZqnIsi.s:7: Fatal error: bad .section directive: want a,w,x,M,S,G,T in string

I checked some forums, and found a suggestion to add -### to see what it was doing. It returned:

Code:

Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/specs
Configured with: /home/ron/devel/debian/mingw32/mingw32-3.4.2.20040916.1/build_dir/src/gcc-3.4.2-20040916-1/configure -v --prefix=/usr --target=i586-mingw32msvc --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-threads --enable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-multilib --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
Thread model: win32
gcc version 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
 "/usr/libexec/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/cc1" "-quiet" "main.c" "-quiet" "-dumpbase" "main.c" "-mtune=pentium" "-auxbase" "main" "-o" "/tmp/ccS9nWbI.s"
 "as" "-o" "/tmp/ccuqe7Kg.o" "/tmp/ccS9nWbI.s"
 "/usr/libexec/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/collect2" "-Bdynamic" "crt2.o" "/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/crtbegin.o" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/../../../../i586-mingw32msvc/lib" "/tmp/ccuqe7Kg.o" "-lmingw32" "-lgcc" "-lmoldname" "-lmingwex" "-lmsvcrt" "-luser32" "-lkernel32" "-ladvapi32" "-lshell32" "-lmingw32" "-lgcc" "-lmoldname" "-lmingwex" "-lmsvcrt" "/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/crtend.o"

I read the post and it said that where it had 'as' it should be 'mingw32-as'. How could I modify this?

SigTerm · 11-06-2011, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatPerson

Recently I installed i586-mingw32msvc-gcc onto my openSuSE netbook, and it cannot compile. It returns:

Code:

/tmp/ccZqnIsi.s:7: Fatal error: bad .section directive: want a,w,x,M,S,G,T in string

I checked some forums, and found a suggestion to add -### to see what it was doing. It returned:

Code:

Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/specs
Configured with: /home/ron/devel/debian/mingw32/mingw32-3.4.2.20040916.1/build_dir/src/gcc-3.4.2-20040916-1/configure -v --prefix=/usr --target=i586-mingw32msvc --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-threads --enable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-multilib --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
Thread model: win32
gcc version 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
 "/usr/libexec/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/cc1" "-quiet" "main.c" "-quiet" "-dumpbase" "main.c" "-mtune=pentium" "-auxbase" "main" "-o" "/tmp/ccS9nWbI.s"
 "as" "-o" "/tmp/ccuqe7Kg.o" "/tmp/ccS9nWbI.s"
 "/usr/libexec/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/collect2" "-Bdynamic" "crt2.o" "/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/crtbegin.o" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/../../../../i586-mingw32msvc/lib" "/tmp/ccuqe7Kg.o" "-lmingw32" "-lgcc" "-lmoldname" "-lmingwex" "-lmsvcrt" "-luser32" "-lkernel32" "-ladvapi32" "-lshell32" "-lmingw32" "-lgcc" "-lmoldname" "-lmingwex" "-lmsvcrt" "/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/3.4.2/crtend.o"

I read the post and it said that where it had 'as' it should be 'mingw32-as'. How could I modify this?

3.4.2 is very old. I'd advise to upgrade to 4.4.0. If you're trying to cross-compile app for windows (not exactly a good idea), you should try to find newer tools. You also should be able to run windows compilers using WINE.

anon02 · 11-06-2011, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SigTerm

3.4.2 is very old. I'd advise to upgrade to 4.4.0. If you're trying to cross-compile app for windows (not exactly a good idea), you should try to find newer tools. You also should be able to run windows compilers using WINE.

Thanks for the link. I went there to get it, and ran the commands, and on the 'make' command got the error:

Code:

[check requirements]
[download] mingwrt
[build]    mingwrt
[done]     mingwrt
[download] w32api
[build]    w32api
[done]     w32api
[download] binutils

Wrong checksum of package binutils!
------------------------------------------------------------
           => `-'
Resolving ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de... 130.149.17.12
Connecting to ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de|130.149.17.12|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /pub/gnu/binutils ... done.
==> SIZE binutils-2.21.tar.bz2 ... done.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR binutils-2.21.tar.bz2 ... 
No such file `binutils-2.21.tar.bz2'.
------------------------------------------------------------
[log]      /opt/mingw/log/binutils-download

make: *** [/opt/mingw/usr/installed/binutils] Error 1

Which possibly means that the server is down. Is there another way?

Nylex · 11-06-2011, 10:16 AM

You could just edit the binutils.mk file to point it to a version of binutils that does exist. You can find the file in the "src" directory and it's pretty obvious what you should change. The GNU mirror listed in the file (at least in my version of mingw-cross-env) doesn't appear to have version 2.21 of the file, but it does have 2.21.1 (and 2.21.1a, though I don't know what the difference is). It seems that the TU Berlin mirror isn't as up to date (I just checked). Edit: Of course, you'll need to change the checksum too!