Examples including Linker-Scripts and startup codes are in the package 
"lpc17xx.cmsis.driver.library.zip" available from nxp.com

Please note that the examples for GNU might use some specials from the 
Codesourcery G++ Lite package (_start from library which seems to copy 
.data and init .bss before calling main()) and might not work with other 
precompiled packages of the GNU toolchain.

Well I got a hold of a similar download

but instead it was named:

"lpc17xx.cmsis.library.zip"

I couldn't get it to work. I'm going to try what you pointed me to now.

This section in make.rules.environment should be pointing to the header 
files, but the compiler is still puking on that.

FWLIB_DIR     =$(BUILD_ROOT)/$(FWLIB)
FWLIB_SRC_DIR =$(FWLIB_DIR)/source
FWLIB_INC_DIR =$(FWLIB_DIR)/include

I can go through and add full paths to the #includes to get past this, 
but I know that is not the right way.


**** Build of configuration Debug for project CMSIS_gnu ****

make all
Building file: ../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c
Invoking: ARM Windows GCC C Compiler
arm-elf-gcc -O0 -Wall 
-Wa,-adhlns="Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.o.lst" -c 
-fmessage-length=0 -MMD -MP -MF"Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.d" 
-MT"Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.d" -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb -g3 
-gdwarf-2 -o"Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.o" 
"../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c"
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:19:25: error: lpc17xx_wdt.h: No 
such file or directory
In file included from ../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:20:
../Examples/WDT/RESET/lpc17xx_libcfg.h:23:23: error: lpc_types.h: No 
such file or directory
In file included from ../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:20:
../Examples/WDT/RESET/lpc17xx_libcfg.h:139: error: expected ')' before 
'*' token
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:21:28: error: lpc17xx_pinsel.h: 
No such file or directory
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:22:26: error: debug_frmwrk.h: No 
such file or directory
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:23:26: error: lpc17xx_gpio.h: No 
such file or directory
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:40: error: expected '=', ',', 
';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'menu1'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:52: error: expected '=', ',', 
';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'info1'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:53: error: expected '=', ',', 
';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'info2'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c: In function 'c_entry':
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:70: warning: implicit declaration 
of function 'debug_frmwrk_init'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:73: warning: implicit declaration 
of function '_DBG'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:73: error: 'menu1' undeclared 
(first use in this function)
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:73: error: (Each undeclared 
identifier is reported only once
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:73: error: for each function it 
appears in.)
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:76: warning: implicit declaration 
of function 'WDT_ReadTimeOutFlag'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:77: warning: implicit declaration 
of function '_DBG_'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:77: error: 'info1' undeclared 
(first use in this function)
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:79: warning: implicit declaration 
of function 'WDT_ClrTimeOutFlag'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:81: error: 'info2' undeclared 
(first use in this function)
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:85: warning: implicit declaration 
of function 'WDT_Init'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:85: error: 'WDT_CLKSRC_IRC' 
undeclared (first use in this function)
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:85: error: 'WDT_MODE_RESET' 
undeclared (first use in this function)
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:87: warning: implicit declaration 
of function 'WDT_Start'
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c: At top level:
../Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.c:108: error: expected ')' before 
'*' token
make: *** [Examples/WDT/RESET/wdt_reset_test.o] Error 1

When I call make from the command line (but there is such a directory :( 
):

C:\work\eclipse\CMSIS_gnu>make
C:/work/eclipse/CMSIS_gnu/makesection/tools/echo "Building" Drivers 
"support pac
kage source ->" \
        C:/work/eclipse/CMSIS_gnu/Drivers/source
/usr/bin/sh:  C:/work/eclipse/CMSIS_gnu/Drivers/source: No such file or 
director
y
make: *** [fwlib] Error 1

C:\work\eclipse\CMSIS_gnu>