"William S."
OK, got past the first problem. Have this now:
gcc -S -DHIGH_BYTE_FIRST -O3 -I/usr/people/wstan/nhc98-1.16/include -DVERSION="\"1.16\"" -o - newtables.c | sed '/.align 32/s/32/4/' |\ gcc -c -x assembler -DHIGH_BYTE_FIRST -O3 -I/usr/people/wstan/nhc98-1.16/include -DVERSION="\"1.16\"" -o /usr/people/wstan/nhc98-1.16/targets/mips-IRIX6/obj/runtime/Kernel /newtables.o - as ERROR: -E or specified language required when input is from standard input
Strange. The second call to gcc does indeed get its input from stdin, but it also explicitly specifies the language with '-x assembler'. Because of the mention of the -E option (indicating the C pre-processor), it is possible that on mips-IRIX6 you actually require the language to be '-x assembler-with-cpp'. You can change this option in src/runtime/Kernel/Makefile, in the rule for ${SOBJS}.
Easy fix or should I try the Cygwin branch? (not sure how to select for that).
No, Cygwin's quirks are not relevant here. Regards, Malcolm