Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-27 Thread Michael Hennebry
*Clawson* wrote: You are very unwise to use repo versions of avr-gcc as the maintainers don't seem skilled enough to know which are the important patches to be applied when they build. Far better to get the results of Bingo's build scripts that are hosted on my website here:

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-27 Thread m . roth
Michael Hennebry wrote: snip 'Twould be nice just to know what the messages mean. I get the impression that output like this are indications of a problem that is not specific to the particular software that I was trying to compile: autoconf wrote: checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-27 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Michael Hennebry wrote: snip 'Twould be nice just to know what the messages mean. I get the impression that output like this are indications of a problem that is not specific to the particular software that I was trying to compile: autoconf

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-27 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/27/12 8:31 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: That said, 'twould be nice to have a clue what went wrong with the Bingo script. it was written for a specific ubuntu/debian flavor and not tested elsewhere. autoconf is a gnarly thing, the scripts for it need to be carefully developed, just

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-27 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, John R Pierce wrote: On 11/27/12 8:31 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: That said, 'twould be nice to have a clue what went wrong with the Bingo script. it was written for a specific ubuntu/debian flavor and not tested elsewhere. autoconf is a gnarly thing, the scripts for

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-27 Thread m . roth
Michael Hennebry wrote: On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, John R Pierce wrote: On 11/27/12 8:31 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: That said, 'twould be nice to have a clue what went wrong with the Bingo script. it was written for a specific ubuntu/debian flavor and not tested elsewhere. autoconf is a

[CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-26 Thread Michael Hennebry
The versions of avr-gcc in linux repositories mostly do not work. I've been trying to build avr-gcc from sources, using scripts provided by Bingo600. So far the effort has not succeeeded. See here http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2file=viewtopict=42631 and here

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-26 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/26/12 3:35 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: The versions of avr-gcc in linux repositories mostly do not work. really? the avr-gcc-4.5.x in EPEL for instance? -- john r pierceN 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-26 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, John R Pierce wrote: On 11/26/12 3:35 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: The versions of avr-gcc in linux repositories mostly do not work. really? the avr-gcc-4.5.x in EPEL for instance? So far as I am aware, only debian and its package-compatible relatives have an avr-gcc

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-26 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/26/12 4:46 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, John R Pierce wrote: On 11/26/12 3:35 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: The versions of avr-gcc in linux repositories mostly do not work. really? the avr-gcc-4.5.x in EPEL for instance? So far as I am aware, only debian and its

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-26 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, John R Pierce wrote: On 11/26/12 4:46 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, John R Pierce wrote: On 11/26/12 3:35 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: The versions of avr-gcc in linux repositories mostly do not work. really? the avr-gcc-4.5.x in EPEL for instance?

Re: [CentOS] scary messages from autoconf

2012-11-26 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/26/12 6:19 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: Far better to get the results of Bingo's build scripts that are hosted on my website here: www.wrightflyer.co.uk/avr-gcc/ that hasn't been updated in a year, and at the bottom references http://www.atmel.com/tools/ATMELAVRTOOLCHAINFORLINUX.aspx