X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45FC4568.1010702@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:45:44 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Compiling apt on cygwin References: <45FBE806 DOT 2030906 AT jetsoftdev DOT com> In-Reply-To: <45FBE806.2030906@jetsoftdev.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Philip W. wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to compile apt on cygwin, but I get errors during the > "./configure" stage of the process. The script says that it can't > determine my glibc version number or my libstdc++ version number. It > also spits out serveral errors that say "[make] *** Error 2". And then > fails. I don't know if this is from not having the dependency programs > installed, or if this is from incompatibility with cygwin. Any help > would be appreciated. Cygwin doesn't use glibc. It is it's own C runtime. You'll need to look at the configure script test that's failing to see how it's determining that glibc is not found and alter that check. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/