Compiling Setup

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 3/8/2010 1:18 AM, Stephen Grant Brown wrote:
> Hi Larry,
> Once again a big thank you.
>
>>> The new version of the compiler is packaged as 'gcc4', though this is
>>> the default, which is why setup won't compile unless you install
>>> 'gcc'. Don't forget to specify 'gcc-3' to setup's configure, so you
>>> don't end up with 'gcc' which points to 'gcc-4' by default.
>
> I followed the url as requested, saw further url's, followed them and
> say lists of files to install.
>
> A quick check of some the files seen were also seen in my computer at
> the indicated places.
> Where these install when I run setup.exe and installed everything?

Executables are typically put in '/usr/bin'.

> I have modified my Build_Setup.sh as per attached.
> Was this the correct way to specify `gcc-3' to setup's configure?

Yes, that's fine.  You can also invoke 'gcc-3' directly from the
command line just to make sure it's found.

> When I run Build_Setup.sh I get
>
> Admin@Shammah ~
> $ ./Build_Setup.sh
> Doing CVS
> Done CVS
> Exit Status of cvs update is 0
> Doing bootstrap.sh
> Done CVS
> Exit Status of bootstrap is 0
> Doing configure
> Done configure
> Read /usr/src/setup/setup/README
> Read /usr/src/setup/setup/configure2.out
> Read /usr/src/setup/setup/config.log
> Exit Status of configure is 77
> Exit_Satus of Build_Setup is 1

Looks like you'll need to look at the log files again to find out where
the configure failed and why.


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