From: sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru (Sergey Okhapkin) Subject: RE: Outstanding problems in B19? 4 Feb 1998 01:09:56 -0800 Message-ID: <01BD3158.29109E80.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@gater.krystalbank.msk.ru> Reply-To: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com To: "'cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com'" Geoffrey Noer wrote: > > 5) Is there going to be an automated way to set all the correct environment > > variables so that gcc will work "out of the box" or does it already? > > It's been so long that I can't remember. > > We have plans to fix this but they haven't been implemented yet. > Basically, the gcc driver needs to be changed so it searches relative > paths if GCC_EXEC_PREFIX isn't set. The simpliest solution I see - configure the toolset with the same --prefix as installer's default path (/gnu-win32/b19). This case GCC_EXEC_PREFIX env var will not be neccessary and the toolset will be ready to run. > > > 6) If Sergey's patch to copy the data section of .dlls is not incorporated > > then there will be issues with some ported X programs, I believe. > > It *might* be possible to get that patch in. Philippe sent an > assignment form to me a week ago but I haven't received it yet. Let me know when you'll receive the assignment - I'll send you the patch. I'm keeping it in a sync with all winsup snapshots. > > > 9) Will less and/or man be distributed? That's another hot button. > > No. *sigh* Why less and ncurses are included to usertools package, but are not compiled for any platform? Both works fine with cygwin (one patch with iprintf function is required for less). > > > 10) Will inetd, telnetd, et. al. be available somewhere? > > I'm hoping Sergey will be able to update the package he's made > available for Coolview. No problems. I have working inetutils for B19. -- Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos Moscow, Russia Looking for a job.