X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,BOTNET,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,TW_YG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <503D215B.2060705@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:51:55 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Build script error (libiconv + custom prefix) References: <503C0C1A DOT 9040608 AT gmail DOT com> <503CDCEE DOT 2000607 AT cygwin DOT com> <503CE265 DOT 9000800 AT gmail DOT com> In-reply-to: <503CE265.9000800@gmail.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 On 8/28/2012 11:23 AM, Tasos Laskos wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the replies guys. > > The purpose of the build.sh script is to setup a full env under the > "arachni" dir which will include all system libs and other dependencies. > > It also creates wrappers for the application's executables which setup env > variables like PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH before running them. > > The point of all this is that you'll be able to package up that dir and > transfer it between boxes without worrying about dependencies. > > It's meant to create a self-contained package, so I don't want to rely on > what's already on the system. > > I've attached the libiconv logfile and the cygcheck output. OK, that explains the difference you and I are seeing. In your configure output, you get: > checking for iconv... (cached) no, consider installing GNU libiconv I don't see this because I have iconv installed. Maybe someone on this list more familiar with iconv could explain this dependency and why it makes sense. However, I'd suggest taking this to the iconv experts to get the full explanation of their configure script. > PS. Please skip any lectures you might be inclined to give,... Without the lecture, what fun is this question for the rest of us? ;-) -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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