diff -r edc7c7958e80 -r b58109b7b321 docs/README.macos.txt --- a/docs/README.macos.txt Tue Aug 10 13:25:52 2010 +0200 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -22 May 2010 - Titus - -Prerequisites and instructions for using crosstool-NG for building a cross -toolchain on MacOS as host. - -0) Mac OS Snow Leopard, with Developer Tools 3.2 installed, or - Mac OS Leopard, with Developer Tools & newer gcc (>= 4.3) installed - via macports - -1) You have to use a case sensitive file system for ct-ng's build and target - directories. Use a disk or disk image with a case sensitive fs that you - mount somewhere. - -2) Install macports (or similar easy means of installing 3rd party software), - make sure that macport's bin dir is in your PATH. - Furtheron assuming it is /opt/local/bin. - -3) Install (at least) the following macports - ncurses - lzmautils - libtool - binutils - gsed - gawk - gcc43 (only necessary for Leopard OSX 10.5) - - On Leopard, make sure that the macport's gcc is called with the default - commands (gcc, g++,...), e.g. via macport gcc_select - -4) run ct-ng's configure with the following tool configuration - (assuming you have installed the tools via macports in /opt/local): - ./configure --with-sed=/opt/local/bin/gsed \ - --with-libtool=/opt/local/bin/glibtool \ - --with-objcopy=/opt/local/bin/gobjcopy \ - --with-objdump=/opt/local/bin/gobjdump \ - --with-readelf=/opt/local/bin/greadelf \ - [...other configure parameters as you like...] - -5) proceed as described in standard documentation - ------ - -HINTS: -- Apparently, GNU make's builtin variable .LIBPATTERNS is misconfigured - under MacOS: It does not include lib%.dylib. - This affects build of (at least) gdb-7.1 - Put 'lib%.a lib%.so lib%.dylib' as .LIBPATTERNS into your environment - before executing ct-ng build. - See http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Libraries_002fSearch.html - as an explanation.