X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B7D63DE.7060700@cs.umass.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:59:26 -0500 From: Eliot Moss User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: setup.exe - a small feature request References: <20100218104928.GA2684@mimosa.garydjones.name> <4B7D3854.3070801@byu.net> <4B7D4445.5060808@bopp.net> <20100218145226.GA2248@mimosa.garydjones.name> In-Reply-To: <20100218145226.GA2248@mimosa.garydjones.name> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 On 2/18/2010 9:52 AM, Gary wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 07:44:37AM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: >> Eric Blake wrote: >>> According to Gary on 2/18/2010 3:49 AM: >>>> Is it already possible to somehow save the value of the "Create Shortcut >>>> on Desktop" checkbox? > >>> I would also like such a patch. > >> Just FYI, a shortcut with the necessary option (--no-shortcuts) added >> can also be used instead of a batch file. > > Maybe I could put that shortcut on my desktop instead of the one setup > wants to put there :D > > Actually, I decided to have a little look at the code, but fell at the > first hurdle whilst following the instructions in the README, because > ./configure complains that -mno-cygwin is not supported (true enough): > > configure:3021: checking whether the C++ compiler works > configure:3043: g++ -mno-cygwin -I /usr/include/ncurses conftest.cpp>&5 > g++: The -mno-cygwin flag has been removed; use a mingw-targeted cross-compiler\ > . > > configure:3047: $? = 1 > configure:3085: result: no > configure: failed program was: > (etc.) > > WTH? Am I supposed to be using some other compiler, such as gcc-3? > > (Note: removing the -mno-cygwin option seems to make configure work, but > the knock on effect is probably not desirable.) I think the answer is to install and use mingw. In any case, this kind of makes sense, since most things compiler *under* cygwin want the cygwin libraries ... but setup.exe needs to run *before* cygwin is installed ... Best wishes -- Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple