Message-Id: <200503301706.j2UH69Hl027441@delorie.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" To: Subject: RE: GCC header libraries ... ? Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:05:55 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: X-IsSubscribed: yes > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Lane, MCP > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:54 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: GCC header libraries ... ? > > All, > > Sorry if this is a newb question, but I am somwhat new to > Cygwin and trying to write / compile programs using GCC. One > thing I noticed is that when I try to compile code from > others, I seem to be missing some header libraries. > > For example, in one recent program: > > #include > > I have had others tell me that on their native Linux > installs, they have the nameser.h library -- so it seems to > be just me (using Cygwin) that is having the issue. > > My question is: if I run into this situation (1) what is the > best way to find and get the needed libraries, (2) is there > something within the Cygwin installer or docs that tells me > what libraries are installed with what package, etc? In this particular instance, I think the issue you're running into is that Cygwin uses newlib instead of glibc (the GNU C library used on Linux). Glibc tends to be more comprehensive in the networking department. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/