RE: How do you build XWin.exe from the XFree86 source tree? Please Help!

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

cd to /xc directory 
and type

make World

when all is done, type
 
make install

if compilation fails, post error messages to the list.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fallon, Charlie [mailto:charlie_fallon@vibren.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:32 AM
> To: Suhaib Siddiqi; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: How do you build XWin.exe from the XFree86 
> source tree? Please Help!
> 
> 
> Hi Suhaib,
> 
> Thank you for your response.  You're a great help.  Could you 
> help me with some additional questions?
> 
> You made the statement:
> 
> NO. you can have a blank site.def file, but do not copy 
> cygwin.cf to site.def or host.def  You will create duplicates 
> and as a result big compilation mess.
> 
> 
> If I have a blank site.def, how does "make World" work?
> 
> I've looked at the FAQ's secton on the xfree-cygwin site and 
> it says to go into the xwin directory and type the command 
> "make Makefile".  I perform this and nothing appears to happen.
> 
> Next it says to go into the /xc directory and type make 
> XWin.exe.  When I do this the makefile tells me there's no 
> rule to make XWin.exe.
> 
> 
> Any idea as to what I'm doing wrong??
> 
> - Charlie
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suhaib Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 8:30 PM
> To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> Cc: Fallon, Charlie
> Subject: RE: How do you build XWin.exe from the XFree86 
> source tree? Please Help!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > YOU ARE IN THE WRONG MAILING LIST!
> > 
> 
> 
> Please post to proper mailing list ONLY.
> 
> 
> > Once again, I have redirected this message to the correct list.
> > 
> > Sheesh.
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 07:10:16PM -0400, Fallon, Charlie wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I was wondering if anyone could help me in building the 
> XWin.exe from 
> > >the XFree86 source tree?  I'm running into a lot of 
> problems.  First 
> > >off, I've read the documentation on the xfree86-cygwin 
> site and have 
> > >still been unable to properly build it.  My questions are:
> > >
> > >In the /xc/config/cf directory, do I copy over the 
> cygwin.cf file to
> > the
> > >site.def file?
> 
> NO. you can have a blank site.def file, but do not copy 
> cygwin.cf to site.def or host.def  You will create duplicates 
> and as a result big compilation mess.
> 
> > Do I then run make World?
> 
> Yes
> 
>  I've tried this and I've
> > come
> > >up with 2 errors  every time.
> 
> Post the exact error messages.  It is impossible to imagine 
> what those errors could be.
> 
> > >
> > >Can the XWin.exe be built on a Linux machine or does it have to be
> > built
> > >on a Microsoft machine?
> 
> 
> Yes, Read about cross-compiling.  Harold posted instructions.
> 
> > >
> > >Basically, I am not clear on how to setup the configuration and or
> > what
> > >environment the XWin.exe should be created in (Linux, Microsoft).
> 
> Should be compiled on Windows.  But you can compile on Linux 
> too if you are set to do a cross-compilations.  It is Cygwin 
> application for Windows.
> 
> > >
> > >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Charlie Fallon
> > >Vibren Technologies Inc.
> > >Software Engineer
> > >80 Central Street
> > >Boxborough, MA 01719
> > >Phone: (978) 929-5532
> > >charlie_fallon@vibren.com <mailto:charlie_fallon@vibren.com>
>