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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:03:29 +0800
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  It seems that the compilation under Cygwin is more complicated than 
expected.
Thank you for your explanation, Warren.

On 2012-4-10 8:49, Warren Young wrote:
> On 4/9/2012 9:12 AM, De-Jian Zhao wrote:
>> the compilation
>> always stopped at "checking python" even after python was installed.
>
> My wild guess based on no personal experience with BLAST+ is that 
> there is some linkage error here.  I'd have to try it myself (not 
> interested) or examine the config.log file (still not interested) to 
> figure out if this guess is correct.
>
> I'd bet there are more Cygwin-using BLAST+ users on the BLAST+ mailing 
> list than on the Cygwin list, so you'd have a better chance of getting 
> a solution by sending the config.log file to that list than continuing 
> to pursue this problem here.
>
> Instead of trying to start with RPM, I'd recommend figuring out how to 
> build BLAST+ to build from source first.  You need that experience to 
> help you build binary packages.
>
> I think you'll have an easier time learning to build a native Cygwin 
> package than trying to get the .src.rpm file to rebuild on Cygwin:
>
>     http://cygwin.com/setup.html
>
> That page gives several methods for building Cygwin packages.  I'd 
> recommend going with the Cygport option.  Cygport does fewer things 
> than RPM, so building .cygport files is easier than building RPM .spec 
> files.  (In Cygwin, much of the rest of what RPM does lives in 
> setup.exe and cygcheck.exe.)
>
> I doubt there's enough value in the existing BLAST+ .spec file to make 
> it an easier path for you than building a .cygport file from scratch.
>
>> Then what is [the rpm package] for?
>
> It is for people who wish to build a secondary packaging system on top 
> of Cygwin's native system.
>
> It doesn't magically port Linux RPM packages over for you.  You still 
> have to do that work yourself.  And, you have to do that work without 
> having the benefit of an ecosystem of existing RPM binary packages, 
> upon which that BLAST+ .spec file probably depends.
>

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