Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 19:04:13 -0400 From: rich-paul AT rich-paul DOT net To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Building cygwin1.dll Message-ID: <20020528190413.B22088@monster.rich-paul.net> References: <000001c204b3$f2b01bc0$0200a8c0 AT sknet01> <000001c204b3$f2b01bc0$0200a8c0 AT sknet01> <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20020528122339 DOT 0260f7f0 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> <20020528171241 DOT GA2040 AT redhat DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: <20020528171241.GA2040@redhat.com>; from cgf-noreply@cygwin.com on Tue, May 28, 2002 at 01:12:41PM -0400 X-Operating-System: Linux monster 2.4.17-SMPs Real programmers use cat > a.out. xxd is for wimps. On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 01:12:41PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:28:04PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > >At 12:03 PM 5/28/2002, rich-paul AT rich-paul DOT net wrote: > >>First, a question for the list: Are problems with building cygwin > >>on-topic for this list? I know y'all don't like custom setups, and > >>custom building may be worse! > > > >I'm not sure what "custom building" means but issues with building the > >Cygwin DLL are on-topic for this list. Generally speaking though, the > >process should be as described in the FAQ entry: > > > >How do I rebuild the tools on my NT box? > >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC102 > > Yeah, but I have a lot of problems with those instructions. I've found > that I generally have to convert all of the C code to Modula 3 and > rewrite the Makefiles as c-shell scripts before I can rebuild anything. > Sometimes I have to hand-compile stuff, too. That's pretty tedious. > > Of course, maybe this is just my own personal preferences showing > through. > > cgf > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Got freedom? Vote Libertarian: http://www.lp.org -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/