From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27692 invoked by alias); 3 Jun 2014 16:08:09 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 27677 invoked by uid 89); 3 Jun 2014 16:08:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: vms173025pub.verizon.net Received: from vms173025pub.verizon.net (HELO vms173025pub.verizon.net) (206.46.173.25) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:08:06 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.231] ([unknown] [74.104.179.122]) by vms173025.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0N6L002I0OT4H6A0@vms173025.mailsrvcs.net> for cygwin@cygwin.com; Tue, 03 Jun 2014 11:07:57 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <538DF2D8.8030504@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:08:00 -0000 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Compiling cygwin1.dll References: <161164160.20140603143233@yandex.ru> In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2014-06/txt/msg00048.txt.bz2 On 06/03/2014 08:57 AM, Michael Wild wrote: > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Greetings, Michael Wild! >> >>> In order to pinpoint an error I'm trying to compile cygwin1.dll from >>> source following the instructions here: >> >> My question is: do you actually need to rebuild it, or you just need the debug >> symbols? >> >>> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin. However, >>> when building binutils, I trip over this error: >>> https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-02/msg00064.html. According to >>> DJ (https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-02/msg00067.html), >>> "attempts to build the old binutils/gdb in CVS are going to be >>> doomed". Apparently the development of these packages is now tracked >>> in a separate git repo. So, my question is now, how do I get a working >>> build for the cygwin DLL? Do I have to replace binutils/gdb in the CVS >>> checkout with the git checkout? >> >>> How are the current snapshots built? >> >>> Thanks for any pointers in the right direction. > > > Dear Andrey, > > I really need to build it, in order to pinpoint which commit breaks things. OK but why are you building 'binutils' if you just want to build the Cygwin DLL? -- 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