From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27527 invoked by alias); 16 Nov 2011 20:41:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 27519 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Nov 2011 20:41:50 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from imr-mb02.mx.aol.com (HELO imr-mb02.mx.aol.com) (64.12.207.163) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:41:35 +0000 Received: from mtaout-mb02.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-mb02.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.66]) by imr-mb02.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id pAGKfUYm004147 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:41:30 -0500 Received: from [134.134.137.75] (jfdmzpr06-ext.jf.intel.com [134.134.137.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-mb02.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id D2225E0000F7 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:41:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4EC41FF5.80806@aol.com> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:41:00 -0000 From: Tim Prince Reply-To: tprince@computer.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problems with updating nearly any package meant for Cygwin or using packages such as libtool References: <32849825.post@talk.nabble.com> <4EC2CFA2.40007@cygwin.com> <32857072.post@talk.nabble.com> <4EC41760.5010203@arlut.utexas.edu> In-Reply-To: <4EC41760.5010203@arlut.utexas.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:484012896:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d29424ec41ff929c2 X-AOL-IP: 134.134.137.75 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-11/txt/msg00273.txt.bz2 On 11/16/2011 3:04 PM, Jesse Ziser wrote: > On 11/16/2011 1:34 PM, viper_88 wrote: >> >> >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> >>> On 11/15/2011 2:28 PM, viper_88 wrote: >>>> The avalanche of my problems has started when I wanted to install >>>> compat-libstdc++ 33-3.2.3. The installation failed due to the following >>>> dependencies errors: >>>> >>>> error: Failed dependencies: >>>> /sbin/ldconfig is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libc.so.6 is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by >>>> compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by >>>> compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by >>>> compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by >>>> compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is needed by >>>> compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libgcc_s.so.1 is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0) is needed by >>>> compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.3) is needed by >>>> compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libgcc_s.so.1(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by >>>> compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>>> libm.so.6 is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 >>> >>> Hm. This looks to me like output of rpm or yum on a Linux system. If >>> you're trying to install Linux binary RPMs onto Cygwin, you're in for a >>> world of hurt. Cygwin != Linux. You need to build from source on Cygwin. >>> >>> -- >>> Larry >>> >>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> A: Yes. >>> > Q: Are you sure? >>> >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? >>> >>> -- >>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >>> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >>> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >>> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >>> >>> >>> >> Hello there, Larry, and thank you for your reply. >> >> You were right, I indeed tried to install compat-libstdc++ using an RPM >> file. I am still learning Cygwin, so I wasn't sure whether it supports >> them >> or not (and the RPM's were the first to pop when searching for any >> sources). > > It's not an issue of whether Cygwin supports RPMs. It's an issue of > trying to install a Linux executable on Cygwin. It doesn't matter > whether it's packaged in an RPM, it's still a Linux binary, not a Cygwin > binary. > >> It seems, however, that now I have faced a problem with GLIBC, which is >> required to update GCC, that I won't be able to deal with (and I haven't >> updated libstdc++ due to this yet)... > > From the Cygwin FAQ (which I strongly recommend reading): > > > Where is glibc? > > > Cygwin does not provide glibc. It uses newlib instead, which provides > much (but not all) of the same functionality. Porting glibc to Cygwin > would be difficult. > > > THC-Hydra claims that it builds fine on Cygwin. Does it not? > As thc was stated to use mingw for Windows support, it would seem that it should work with the mingw cross compilers, although uwin was recommended. If you want native cygwin, or even if the purpose is only to gain a more recent version of g++ cross compiler (without all the language support of the cross compilers on the cygwin install menu) it seems you should consider whether the gain is worth the effort, when your original question was how to get a gfortran for Windows. -- Tim Prince -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple