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RE: when is next release of setup.exe
- From: "linda w \(cyg\)" <cygwin at tlinx dot org>
- To: "'Max Bowsher'" <maxb at ukf dot net>, "'Igor Pechtchanski'" <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- Cc: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 19:59:03 -0800
- Subject: RE: when is next release of setup.exe
Igor helpfully said:
The CVS version is trivial to compile - just follow the instructions at
<http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html>.
Igor
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Ever had someone give you directions and tell you "you can't
miss it"?...:-)
Then max chimed in with some more details...
> cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs at sources dot redhat dot com:/cvs/cygwin-apps co setup
> cd setup/libgetopt++
> ./bootstrap.sh
> cd ..
> mkdir .obj
> cd .obj
> ../configure -C --enable-dependencies --disable-shared \
> --host=i686-pc-mingw32 --build=i686-pc-cygwin 'CC=gcc -mno-cygwin' \
> 'CXX=g++ -mno-cygwin' --enable-maintainer-mode
> make
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Then linda tried it...*splat*...linda gets squished
a squished bit by an unknown option.
//ishtar/root/usr/src/cygwin/setup> mkdir .obj
//ishtar/root/usr/src/cygwin/setup> ls libgetopt++/
//ishtar/root/usr/src/cygwin/setup> cd libgetopt++/
//ishtar/root/usr/src/cygwin/setup/libgetopt++> ./bootstrap.sh
Autotool bootstrapping complete.
//ishtar/root/usr/src/cygwin/setup/libgetopt++> cd ..
//ishtar/root/usr/src/cygwin/setup> cd .obj
//ishtar/root/usr/src/cygwin/setup/.obj> ../configure -C --enable-dependencies
--disabled-shared --host=i686-pc-mingw32 --build=i686-pc-cygwin 'CC=gcc
-mno-cygwin' 'CXX=g++ -mno-cygwin' --enable-maintainer-mode
configure: error: unrecognized option: --disabled-shared
Try `../configure --help' for more information.
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Looked easy enough... the --help says it *should* work...
???
-l