Re: Compiling C-Kermit 9.0.305 Alpha.02 on Cygwin

[Keith Christian <keith1christian@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020, 10:32 <gs-cygwin.com@gluelogic.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 09:20:51AM -0700, Keith Christian wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 9:23 PM <gs-cygwin.com@gluelogic.com> wrote:
> > > For kicks, I got the *basic* C-Kermit to build under Linux and under
> Cygwin.
> > > https://github.com/gstrauss/ckermit
> > > The make command line options are in the commit messages.
> > >
> > > It is based on
> > > http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/archive.html
> > > C-Kermit 9.0.302  2011/07/11  cku302.tar.gz
> > >
> > > I realized afterwards that I should have used C-Kermit 9.0.305
> Alpha.02.
> > >
> > > In any case, compiling is a first step, but does not suggest it is
> fully
> > > functional.  Mostly #include and minor changes were needed, except for
> > > one big mess with the cygwin custom struct hostent being defined with
> > >   const char *h_name
> > >
> > > Cheers, Glenn
> >
> > Glenn,
> >
> > I tried "make linux" this morning on the 9.0.305 version, got this
> > output, (I_am_not_expecting_any_assistance_,) more of a report:
> >
> > -rw-r-----+ 1 keith keith 382913 Sep 19 14:17 makefile
> >
> > CYGWIN_NT-10.0 DESKTOP-OLN71TE 3.1.7(0.340/5/3) 2020-08-22 17:48 x86_64
> Cygwin
> >
> >      1  Making C-Kermit for Linux...
> >      2  /bin/sh: line 68: -f: command not found
> >      3  make[1]: Entering directory 'kermit_downloads/kermitsource'
> >      4  Making C-Kermit "9.0.305"  for Linux 1.2 or later...
> >      5  IMPORTANT: Read the comments in the linux section of the
> >      6  makefile if you have trouble.
> >      7  make xermit KTARGET=${KTARGET:-linuxa} "CC = gcc" "CC2 = gcc" \
> >      8  "CFLAGS = -O -DLINUX -pipe -funsigned-char -DFNFLOAT
> -DCK_POSIX_SIG \
> >      9  -DCK_NEWTERM -DTCPSOCKET -DLINUXFSSTND -DNOCOTFMC -DPOSIX \
> >     10  -DUSE_STRERROR -DCK_NCURSES  -I/usr/include/ncurses
> > -DHAVE_CRYPT_H  -DHAVE_OPENPTY  " "LNKFLAGS = " \
> >     11  "LIBS = -lutil   -lncurses -lresolv -lcrypt  -lm"
> >     12  make[2]: Entering directory 'kermit_downloads/kermitsource'
> >     13  gcc -O -DLINUX -pipe -funsigned-char -DFNFLOAT -DCK_POSIX_SIG
> > -DCK_NEWTERM -DTCPSOCKET -DLINUXFSSTND -DNOCOTFMC -DPOSIX
> > -DUSE_STRERROR -DCK_NCURSES  -I/usr/include/ncurses   -DHAVE_CRYPT_H
> > -DHAVE_OPENPTY   -DKTARGET=\"linux\" -c ckucmd.c
> >     14  ckucmd.c: In function ‘cmdconchk’:
> >     15  ckucmd.c:7579:22: error: ‘__FILE’ has no member named
> ‘_IO_read_end’
> >     16   7579 |     x = (int) ((stdin->_IO_read_end) -
> (stdin->_IO_read_ptr));
> >     17        |                      ^~
> >     18  ckucmd.c:7579:46: error: ‘__FILE’ has no member named
> ‘_IO_read_ptr’
> >     19   7579 |     x = (int) ((stdin->_IO_read_end) -
> (stdin->_IO_read_ptr));
> >     20        |                                              ^~
> >     21  make[2]: *** [makefile:988: ckucmd.o] Error 1
> >     22  make[2]: Leaving directory 'kermit_downloads/kermitsource'
> >     23  make[1]: *** [makefile:6067: linuxa] Error 2
> >     24  make[1]: Leaving directory 'kermit_downloads/kermitsource'
> >     25  make: *** [makefile:6100: linux] Error 2
> >
> > Only two .o files were created:
> >
> > -rw-r--r--+ 1 keith keith  48034 Dec  1 08:55 ckcmai.o
> > -rw-r--r--+ 1 keith keith  37108 Dec  1 08:55 ckclib.o
> >
> > Keith
>
> Keith, kindly look at the commits in
> https://github.com/gstrauss/ckermit
> https://github.com/gstrauss/ckermit/commits/master
>
> > output, (I_am_not_expecting_any_assistance_,) more of a report:
> Why bother posting before taking half a second to look at the commits?
>

Thanks, I'll look at the commits more closely.