* Re: compiling file 3.26 [not found] <Pine.GSU.4.05.9903070052510.15188-100000@viking.cris.com> @ 1999-03-07 8:37 ` Corinna Vinschen [not found] ` < 36E29663.7B7D74A8@cityweb.de > 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-07 8:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John Zheng, cygwin John Zheng wrote: > > Corinna, > > I downloaded file-3.26.tar.gz from ftp.astron.com, and tried to compile it. > > Near the end of compilation, I get the error: > [...] > /a/cygnus/file-3.26/file.c:202: undefined reference to `errno' > [...] > Do you know what the problem is? errno appears to be defined as: > > extern int errno; /* Some unixes don't define this.. */ The `extern' declaration of errno must be substituted with #include <errno.h> Cygwin defines errno not as a global variable, but as a #define to a function call. This is needed, because it wouldn't be reentrant else. Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
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* Re: compiling file 3.26 [not found] ` < 36E29663.7B7D74A8@cityweb.de > @ 1999-03-07 11:35 ` John Zheng 1999-03-07 11:42 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-31 19:45 ` John Zheng 0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: John Zheng @ 1999-03-07 11:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Corinna Vinschen; +Cc: cygwin Ah yes, Adding the line #include <errno.h> to the file file.h did the trick. It also worked, and may be more "correct," to add the line to the files file.c, fsmagic.c, and compress.c. Perhaps the need to make one of these changes should be documented at http://aquarius.franken.de/docs/develop/gnuwin32/GNUWin32.txt ? Also, do you know if there is a version of gnu tar for win32 that supports writing to remote unix tape devices that run rmt? I would like to be able to do something like tar -cf tapeserver.domain.com:/dev/rst0 c:\ and have tar write to my tape drive residing on the machine tapeserver. Thanks again for your help. John On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > John Zheng wrote: > > > > Corinna, > > > > I downloaded file-3.26.tar.gz from ftp.astron.com, and tried to compile it. > > > > Near the end of compilation, I get the error: > > [...] > > /a/cygnus/file-3.26/file.c:202: undefined reference to `errno' > > [...] > > Do you know what the problem is? errno appears to be defined as: > > > > extern int errno; /* Some unixes don't define this.. */ > > The `extern' declaration of errno must be substituted with > > #include <errno.h> > > Cygwin defines errno not as a global variable, but as a > #define to a function call. This is needed, because it > wouldn't be reentrant else. > > Regards, > Corinna > > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: compiling file 3.26 1999-03-07 11:35 ` John Zheng @ 1999-03-07 11:42 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-07 11:48 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-31 19:45 ` John Zheng 1 sibling, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-07 11:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John Zheng; +Cc: cygwin John Zheng wrote: > > Ah yes, > > Adding the line > > #include <errno.h> > > to the file file.h did the trick. It also worked, and may be more "correct," > to add the line to the files file.c, fsmagic.c, and compress.c. Perhaps the > need to make one of these changes should be documented at > http://aquarius.franken.de/docs/develop/gnuwin32/GNUWin32.txt ? Yes, should be done so. > Also, do you know if there is a version of gnu tar for win32 that supports > writing to remote unix tape devices that run rmt? I would like to be able > to do something like > > tar -cf tapeserver.domain.com:/dev/rst0 c:\ AFAIK, gnu tar supports it anyway, `rmt' is part of the original package. I've never used it. Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: compiling file 3.26 1999-03-07 11:42 ` Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-07 11:48 ` Corinna Vinschen [not found] ` < 36E2D7B7.CB124407@cityweb.de > 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 1 sibling, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-07 11:48 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John Zheng, cygwin Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > John Zheng wrote: > > > > Ah yes, > > > > Adding the line > > > > #include <errno.h> > > > > to the file file.h did the trick. It also worked, and may be more "correct," > > to add the line to the files file.c, fsmagic.c, and compress.c. Perhaps the > > need to make one of these changes should be documented at > > http://aquarius.franken.de/docs/develop/gnuwin32/GNUWin32.txt ? > > Yes, should be done so. BTW: On my ftp site, you already could find a `file3.26-patch'! The README, which is also part of the GNUWin32.txt, contains the lines: - preliminaries - patch file `file3.26-patch' included Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
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* Re: compiling file 3.26 [not found] ` < 36E2D7B7.CB124407@cityweb.de > @ 1999-03-07 13:37 ` John Zheng 1999-03-07 13:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-31 19:45 ` John Zheng 0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: John Zheng @ 1999-03-07 13:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Corinna Vinschen; +Cc: cygwin Okay, I've figured it out now... First, it should be clarified on the GNUWin32.txt page that the file3.26-patch file is found at ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Vinschen_Corinna/B20 and not at ftp.astron.com/pub/file. Perhaps just a general note up top that patch files done by Corinna are found at ftp.franken.de. Also, I had problems applying the patch because <tab> in the original source files were translated to <spaces> in the file3.26-patch file, and a couple extra line feeds were added. I've attached a modified file3.26-patch file that works. One more question. When I compile file.exe, my resulting file.exe ends up being 382,463 bytes. The version you have on your ftp server is only 23,552 bytes. How do you get the compile to make it so small? John On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > > John Zheng wrote: > > > > > > Ah yes, > > > > > > Adding the line > > > > > > #include <errno.h> > > > > > > to the file file.h did the trick. It also worked, and may be more "correct," > > > to add the line to the files file.c, fsmagic.c, and compress.c. Perhaps the > > > need to make one of these changes should be documented at > > > http://aquarius.franken.de/docs/develop/gnuwin32/GNUWin32.txt ? > > > > Yes, should be done so. > > BTW: On my ftp site, you already could find a `file3.26-patch'! > The README, which is also part of the GNUWin32.txt, contains the > lines: > > - preliminaries > - patch file `file3.26-patch' included > > Regards, > Corinna > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: compiling file 3.26 1999-03-07 13:37 ` John Zheng @ 1999-03-07 13:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-31 19:45 ` John Zheng 1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-07 13:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John Zheng; +Cc: cygwin John Zheng wrote: > [...] > One more question. When I compile file.exe, my resulting file.exe ends up > being 382,463 bytes. The version you have on your ftp server is only 23,552 > bytes. How do you get the compile to make it so small? Erase the symbol table from the binary via strip file.exe or call gcc with strip option `-s' in link stage. Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: compiling file 3.26 1999-03-07 13:45 ` Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John Zheng; +Cc: cygwin John Zheng wrote: > [...] > One more question. When I compile file.exe, my resulting file.exe ends up > being 382,463 bytes. The version you have on your ftp server is only 23,552 > bytes. How do you get the compile to make it so small? Erase the symbol table from the binary via strip file.exe or call gcc with strip option `-s' in link stage. Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: compiling file 3.26 1999-03-07 13:37 ` John Zheng 1999-03-07 13:45 ` Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 ` John Zheng 1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: John Zheng @ 1999-03-31 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Corinna Vinschen; +Cc: cygwin Okay, I've figured it out now... First, it should be clarified on the GNUWin32.txt page that the file3.26-patch file is found at ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Vinschen_Corinna/B20 and not at ftp.astron.com/pub/file. Perhaps just a general note up top that patch files done by Corinna are found at ftp.franken.de. Also, I had problems applying the patch because <tab> in the original source files were translated to <spaces> in the file3.26-patch file, and a couple extra line feeds were added. I've attached a modified file3.26-patch file that works. One more question. When I compile file.exe, my resulting file.exe ends up being 382,463 bytes. The version you have on your ftp server is only 23,552 bytes. How do you get the compile to make it so small? John On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > > John Zheng wrote: > > > > > > Ah yes, > > > > > > Adding the line > > > > > > #include <errno.h> > > > > > > to the file file.h did the trick. It also worked, and may be more "correct," > > > to add the line to the files file.c, fsmagic.c, and compress.c. Perhaps the > > > need to make one of these changes should be documented at > > > http://aquarius.franken.de/docs/develop/gnuwin32/GNUWin32.txt ? > > > > Yes, should be done so. > > BTW: On my ftp site, you already could find a `file3.26-patch'! > The README, which is also part of the GNUWin32.txt, contains the > lines: > > - preliminaries > - patch file `file3.26-patch' included > > Regards, > Corinna > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: compiling file 3.26 1999-03-07 11:48 ` Corinna Vinschen [not found] ` < 36E2D7B7.CB124407@cityweb.de > @ 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John Zheng, cygwin Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > John Zheng wrote: > > > > Ah yes, > > > > Adding the line > > > > #include <errno.h> > > > > to the file file.h did the trick. It also worked, and may be more "correct," > > to add the line to the files file.c, fsmagic.c, and compress.c. Perhaps the > > need to make one of these changes should be documented at > > http://aquarius.franken.de/docs/develop/gnuwin32/GNUWin32.txt ? > > Yes, should be done so. BTW: On my ftp site, you already could find a `file3.26-patch'! The README, which is also part of the GNUWin32.txt, contains the lines: - preliminaries - patch file `file3.26-patch' included Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: compiling file 3.26 1999-03-07 11:42 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-07 11:48 ` Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John Zheng; +Cc: cygwin John Zheng wrote: > > Ah yes, > > Adding the line > > #include <errno.h> > > to the file file.h did the trick. It also worked, and may be more "correct," > to add the line to the files file.c, fsmagic.c, and compress.c. Perhaps the > need to make one of these changes should be documented at > http://aquarius.franken.de/docs/develop/gnuwin32/GNUWin32.txt ? Yes, should be done so. > Also, do you know if there is a version of gnu tar for win32 that supports > writing to remote unix tape devices that run rmt? I would like to be able > to do something like > > tar -cf tapeserver.domain.com:/dev/rst0 c:\ AFAIK, gnu tar supports it anyway, `rmt' is part of the original package. I've never used it. Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: compiling file 3.26 1999-03-07 11:35 ` John Zheng 1999-03-07 11:42 ` Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 ` John Zheng 1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: John Zheng @ 1999-03-31 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Corinna Vinschen; +Cc: cygwin Ah yes, Adding the line #include <errno.h> to the file file.h did the trick. It also worked, and may be more "correct," to add the line to the files file.c, fsmagic.c, and compress.c. Perhaps the need to make one of these changes should be documented at http://aquarius.franken.de/docs/develop/gnuwin32/GNUWin32.txt ? Also, do you know if there is a version of gnu tar for win32 that supports writing to remote unix tape devices that run rmt? I would like to be able to do something like tar -cf tapeserver.domain.com:/dev/rst0 c:\ and have tar write to my tape drive residing on the machine tapeserver. Thanks again for your help. John On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > John Zheng wrote: > > > > Corinna, > > > > I downloaded file-3.26.tar.gz from ftp.astron.com, and tried to compile it. > > > > Near the end of compilation, I get the error: > > [...] > > /a/cygnus/file-3.26/file.c:202: undefined reference to `errno' > > [...] > > Do you know what the problem is? errno appears to be defined as: > > > > extern int errno; /* Some unixes don't define this.. */ > > The `extern' declaration of errno must be substituted with > > #include <errno.h> > > Cygwin defines errno not as a global variable, but as a > #define to a function call. This is needed, because it > wouldn't be reentrant else. > > Regards, > Corinna > > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: compiling file 3.26 1999-03-07 8:37 ` compiling file 3.26 Corinna Vinschen [not found] ` < 36E29663.7B7D74A8@cityweb.de > @ 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John Zheng, cygwin John Zheng wrote: > > Corinna, > > I downloaded file-3.26.tar.gz from ftp.astron.com, and tried to compile it. > > Near the end of compilation, I get the error: > [...] > /a/cygnus/file-3.26/file.c:202: undefined reference to `errno' > [...] > Do you know what the problem is? errno appears to be defined as: > > extern int errno; /* Some unixes don't define this.. */ The `extern' declaration of errno must be substituted with #include <errno.h> Cygwin defines errno not as a global variable, but as a #define to a function call. This is needed, because it wouldn't be reentrant else. Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
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