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Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:07:52 -0400
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On 06/03/2014 08:57 AM, Michael Wild wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, Michael Wild!
>>
>>> In order to pinpoint an error I'm trying to compile cygwin1.dll from
>>> source following the instructions here:
>>
>> My question is: do you actually need to rebuild it, or you just need the debug
>> symbols?
>>
>>> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin. However,
>>> when building binutils, I trip over this error:
>>> https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-02/msg00064.html. According to
>>> DJ (https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-02/msg00067.html),
>>> "attempts to build the old binutils/gdb in CVS are going to be
>>> doomed". Apparently the development of these packages is now tracked
>>> in a separate git repo. So, my question is now, how do I get a working
>>> build for the cygwin DLL? Do I have to replace binutils/gdb in the CVS
>>> checkout with the git checkout?
>>
>>> How are the current snapshots built?
>>
>>> Thanks for any pointers in the right direction.
>
>
> Dear Andrey,
>
> I really need to build it, in order to pinpoint which commit breaks things.

OK but why are you building 'binutils' if you just want to build the Cygwin
DLL?


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Larry

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 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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