How to compile Midnight Commander?

How to compile Midnight Commander?

[Bill Bartley]

Hi to all,

I just installed the gnu-win32 system, and as my first project
I was trying to compile Midnight Commander using the configure
script. But - after a long struggle - configure exits with
no Makefile created, even though I mounted the drive with
the -m option which is supposed to prevent configure from
deleting the Makefile at the end of its processing.

Can configure actually work? Or do I have to create the
Makefile by hand? Any hints on how to do this?

Thanks,

Bill Bartley
comet@loop.com
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Re: How to compile Midnight Commander?

[Bill Bartley]

Jim Balter wrote:
> 
> Bill Bartley wrote:
> >
> > Hi to all,
> >
> > I just installed the gnu-win32 system, and as my first project
> > I was trying to compile Midnight Commander using the configure
> > script. But - after a long struggle - configure exits with
> > no Makefile created, even though I mounted the drive with
> > the -m option which is supposed to prevent configure from
> > deleting the Makefile at the end of its processing.
> 
> Where did you here that?  The -m flag has no effect in the latest
> version of cygwin, and even if it did, it wouldn't have anything to
> do with configure deleting Makefiles; why would configure ever
> delete a Makefile after going to all the trouble of making one?
> 
> > Can configure actually work? Or do I have to create the
> > Makefile by hand? Any hints on how to do this?
> 
> Your chances of receiving help will increase if you bother to
> include useful information, like the output you got when you
> ran configure.  Generally, configure runs a bunch of tests,
> printing out the results of those tests.  It also produces
> a config.h, config.status, a config.cache, and config.log,
> which you should certainly examine, and finally, if all went well,
> a Makefile.  Odds are it didn't all go well, but you have not provided
> a single clue as to what might have gone wrong, and without telepathic
> or remote viewing powers no one reading the mailing list could know.
> 
> --
> <J Q B>

Jim, thanks for responding. Here is an answer to one of your questions,
plus the files you
suggested.

1. Why I thought configure may have deleted the Makefile:

(This is from faq.html#SEC22)

"Mixed Case Filenames

The perl config causes some other problems too; the config<foo>.SH
scripts generate a 
file called "Makefile", and use and delete a file called "makefile" on
the way. Because 
of NT's case insensitivity, this will nuke Makefile, leaving you with
nothing. You can 
fix this by mounting with the 'mixed' option."

Since I could find no Makefile at the end of the process, I thought
maybe that 
running configure under gnu-win32 had the same problem.


2. This is the final output of configure:

"Configuration:

  Source code location:       .
  Compiler:                   gcc
  Compiler flags:             -g
  File system:                Midnight Commander Virtual File System
                              tarfs
  Text mode screen manager:   SLang with termcap
  Install console saver:      no
  Text mode mouse library:    xterm only
  Debugger code:              none
  With subshell support:      yes
  X11 versions:               none
  Install path:               //D/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin,
//D/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/lib/mc"

3. Here are the contents of config.log:

"This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

gcc -E
gcc -E"

4. Here the contents of config.cache:

ac_cv_c_const=${ac_cv_c_const='yes'}
ac_cv_c_cross=${ac_cv_c_cross='yes'}
ac_cv_dnamesize=${ac_cv_dnamesize='no'}
ac_cv_dusum=${ac_cv_dusum='dusum_useb=yes; dusum_factor=1'}
ac_cv_func_cfgetospeed=${ac_cv_func_cfgetospeed='no'}
ac_cv_func_crypt=${ac_cv_func_crypt='no'}
ac_cv_func_gethostbyname=${ac_cv_func_gethostbyname='no'}
ac_cv_func_getmntent=${ac_cv_func_getmntent='no'}
ac_cv_func_getmntinfo=${ac_cv_func_getmntinfo='no'}
ac_cv_func_getpagesize=${ac_cv_func_getpagesize='no'}
ac_cv_func_getwd=${ac_cv_func_getwd='no'}
ac_cv_func_grantpt=${ac_cv_func_grantpt='no'}
ac_cv_func_initgroups=${ac_cv_func_initgroups='no'}
ac_cv_func_mmap=${ac_cv_func_mmap='no'}
ac_cv_func_putenv=${ac_cv_func_putenv='no'}
ac_cv_func_pwdauth=${ac_cv_func_pwdauth='no'}
ac_cv_func_socket=${ac_cv_func_socket='no'}
ac_cv_func_statfs=${ac_cv_func_statfs='no'}
ac_cv_func_statvfs=${ac_cv_func_statvfs='no'}
ac_cv_func_strcasecmp=${ac_cv_func_strcasecmp='no'}
ac_cv_func_strdup=${ac_cv_func_strdup='no'}
ac_cv_func_strerror=${ac_cv_func_strerror='no'}
ac_cv_func_strncasecmp=${ac_cv_func_strncasecmp='no'}
ac_cv_func_truncate=${ac_cv_func_truncate='no'}
ac_cv_func_valloc=${ac_cv_func_valloc='no'}
ac_cv_header_crypt_h=${ac_cv_header_crypt_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_dirent_dirent_h=${ac_cv_header_dirent_dirent_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_fcntl_h=${ac_cv_header_fcntl_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_grp_h=${ac_cv_header_grp_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_limits_h=${ac_cv_header_limits_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_malloc_h=${ac_cv_header_malloc_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_memory_h=${ac_cv_header_memory_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_minix_config_h=${ac_cv_header_minix_config_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_mntent_h=${ac_cv_header_mntent_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_mnttab_h=${ac_cv_header_mnttab_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_stdc=${ac_cv_header_stdc='no'}
ac_cv_header_string_h=${ac_cv_header_string_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_dustat_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_dustat_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_filsys_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_filsys_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_fs_types_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_fs_types_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_fstyp_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_fstyp_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_mkdev_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_mkdev_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_mount_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_mount_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_param_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_param_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_statfs_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_statfs_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_statvfs_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_statvfs_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_types_h_makedev=${ac_cv_header_sys_types_h_makedev='no'}
ac_cv_header_sys_vfs_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_vfs_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_sys_wait_h=${ac_cv_header_sys_wait_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_unistd_h=${ac_cv_header_unistd_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_utime_h=${ac_cv_header_utime_h='yes'}
ac_cv_lib_ICE=${ac_cv_lib_ICE='no'}
ac_cv_lib_bsd=${ac_cv_lib_bsd='no'}
ac_cv_lib_crypt=${ac_cv_lib_crypt='no'}
ac_cv_lib_crypt_i=${ac_cv_lib_crypt_i='no'}
ac_cv_lib_curses=${ac_cv_lib_curses='no'}
ac_cv_lib_dir=${ac_cv_lib_dir='no'}
ac_cv_lib_dnet=${ac_cv_lib_dnet='no'}
ac_cv_lib_dnet_stub=${ac_cv_lib_dnet_stub='no'}
ac_cv_lib_gen=${ac_cv_lib_gen='no'}
ac_cv_lib_gpm=${ac_cv_lib_gpm='no'}
ac_cv_lib_inet=${ac_cv_lib_inet='no'}
ac_cv_lib_nsl=${ac_cv_lib_nsl='no'}
ac_cv_lib_pt=${ac_cv_lib_pt='no'}
ac_cv_lib_seq=${ac_cv_lib_seq='no'}
ac_cv_lib_socket=${ac_cv_lib_socket='no'}
ac_cv_lib_sun=${ac_cv_lib_sun='no'}
ac_cv_lib_termcap=${ac_cv_lib_termcap='no'}
ac_cv_make_with_percent_rules=${ac_cv_make_with_percent_rules='yes'}
ac_cv_path_AR=${ac_cv_path_AR='//D/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/ar'}
ac_cv_path_CHMOD=${ac_cv_path_CHMOD='//D/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/chmod'}
ac_cv_path_CP=${ac_cv_path_CP='//D/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/cp'}
ac_cv_path_MC=${ac_cv_path_MC='//D/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/mc'}
ac_cv_path_MV=${ac_cv_path_MV='//D/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/mv'}
ac_cv_path_RM=${ac_cv_path_RM='//D/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/rm'}
ac_cv_path_install=${ac_cv_path_install='//D/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/install
-c'}
ac_cv_path_x=${ac_cv_path_x='no_x= ac_x_includes= ac_x_libraries='}
ac_cv_prog_AWK=${ac_cv_prog_AWK='gawk'}
ac_cv_prog_CC=${ac_cv_prog_CC='gcc'}
ac_cv_prog_CPP=${ac_cv_prog_CPP='gcc -E'}
ac_cv_prog_HAVE_FILECMD=${ac_cv_prog_HAVE_FILECMD='false'}
ac_cv_prog_HAVE_nroff=${ac_cv_prog_HAVE_nroff='false'}
ac_cv_prog_LN_S=${ac_cv_prog_LN_S='ln -s'}
ac_cv_prog_RANLIB=${ac_cv_prog_RANLIB='ranlib'}
ac_cv_prog_gcc=${ac_cv_prog_gcc='no'}
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ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=${ac_cv_prog_make_make_set='no'}
ac_cv_prog_system=${ac_cv_prog_system='CYGWIN32/95'}
ac_cv_struct_st_blksize=${ac_cv_struct_st_blksize='yes'}
ac_cv_struct_st_blocks=${ac_cv_struct_st_blocks='yes'}
ac_cv_struct_st_rdev=${ac_cv_struct_st_rdev='yes'}
ac_cv_type_mode_t=${ac_cv_type_mode_t='no'}
ac_cv_type_off_t=${ac_cv_type_off_t='no'}
ac_cv_type_pid_t=${ac_cv_type_pid_t='no'}
ac_cv_type_uid_t=${ac_cv_type_uid_t='no'}
ac_cv_type_umode_t=${ac_cv_type_umode_t='no'}
fu_cv_sys_d_ino_in_dirent=${fu_cv_sys_d_ino_in_dirent='no'}
fu_cv_sys_mounted_getsstat=${fu_cv_sys_mounted_getsstat='no'}
fu_cv_sys_mounted_vmount=${fu_cv_sys_mounted_vmount='yes'}
fu_cv_sys_stat_fs_data=${fu_cv_sys_stat_fs_data='no'}
fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs2_bsize=${fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs2_bsize='no'}
fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs2_fsize=${fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs2_fsize='no'}
fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs3_osf1=${fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs3_osf1='no'}
fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs4=${fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs4='no'}

5. config.status was a zero-byte file.
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Re: How to compile Midnight Commander?

[Bill Bartley]

Jim Balter wrote:
> 
> Jim Balter wrote:
> 
> > I had lying around; it was version 2.4.1; what's yours?
> 
> Whoops; I was looking at something else.  Actually I have mc-3.2.1,
> which I see from the GNU archive is the latest version.
> 
> --
> <J Q B>

My version is mc-3.2.11. But you were right about creating the
/tmp directory. After that, configure ran fine and at "normal" speed.
Much thanks for that tip!

Of course, make now complains that it can't find malloc.h (I can't
find it either), but what the hell.

Bill
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