Prerequisites for generating clisp

[Reini Urban]

Mark Harig schrieb:
> In the file /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/clisp-xx.README is the
> following information:
> 
>  > Runtime recommendations: (-k full)
>  >  fgci
>  >  libdb4.5
>  >  libgdbm4
>  >  libpq4
> 
> Is the 'libpq4' run-time recommendation going to be changed
> to 'libpq5'?

Yes. But the file will still be /bin/cygpq.dll
/bin/cygpq5.dll was just an experiment, if the
ABI is cross-version compatible.

> I attempted to generate the Cygwin clisp package using:
> 
>    $ cygport /usr/src/clisp-2.xx.cygport prep compile
> 
> This required multiple passes (using 'cygport ... finish' to
> remove each earlier pass) because additional header files
> are needed.  Here is a list of the additional Cygwin packages
> that were needed:
> 
>    libdb4.5-devel  (current version 4.5.20-2)
>    libfcgi-devel and libfcgi0 (current version 2.4.0-2)
>    pcre-devel (current version 7.2-1)
>    libpq-devel (current version 8.1.4-2)

>   This list is not complete because I do not have Cygwin/X
> installed, and so the 'cygport ... compile' process stopped
> (failed to compile due to missing X header files) when it
> attempted to generate the 'clx/new-clx' module.

True.

> Could the above prerequisites be added to the Cygwin-specific
> README file (unless I have made some fundamental error) in
> the 'Build requirements' section?

Sure.

> Of course, any other Cygwin packages that are required to
> generate 'clisp' by the 'cygport ... compile' process (for example,
> xorg-x11-devel) should be added to the 'Build requirements'
> section, also.

Will do.
-- 
Reini Urban