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From: Scott Chapman <scott_list AT mischko DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Trying to Make GNU's inetutils and get error.h: No such file or directory
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:27:35 -0800
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On 03/17/2004 01:33 am, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Mar 16 09:31, Scott Chapman wrote:
> > When I run configure it finishes fine. Then I type 'make' and it
> > soon comes back with 'xmalloc.c:37:19: error.h: No such file or
> > directory' and dies.
> >
> > I can't find what package to install to get error.h.  I understand
> > that others have compiled inetutils (I'm using 1.4.2) under cygwin.
> >  I just updated cygwin to the current version with setup.exe so I
> > think I'm current!
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Just use the inetutils provided in the Cygwin net distro.  It's
> developed from version 1.3.2 with a bunch of pretty intrusive
> changes. You won't have much luck running vanilla 1.4.2 servers.

I need the GNU ping client which is not included in the Cygwin net 
distro.

Upon reading this:
  http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-04/msg01521.html
... again, I see that maybe I should just try compiling ping by itself.

> Btw., error.h is a glibc thingy.  It's not backed by the standards.
> I'm wondering how current inetutils can just use it without checking
> for it's existance in configure, anyway.

Dunno much about this end of it unfortunately.  

Scott


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