From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Peter Shoebridge" To: "Insight (GDB GUI)" Subject: Re: libtool and lib? Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 12:13:00 -0000 Message-id: <039801bee03f$908f6270$4e01020a@netdelivery> References: <199908061747.MAA06106@mercury.xraylith.wisc.edu> X-SW-Source: 1999-q3/msg00029.html I found libtool and will try again tonight. I'm trying to build a m68k-coff version of the debugger otherwise I would use your bineries. Thanks Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: Mumit Khan To: Keith Seitz Cc: Peter Shoebridge ; Insight (GDB GUI) Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 11:47 AM Subject: Re: libtool and lib? > Keith Seitz writes: > > On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Peter Shoebridge wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to build the latest snapshot of insight under cygwin b20.1 and > > > get the following error about libtool and lib, plus something about > > > cygpath. > > > > > > Anyone have a clue what I'm missing? > > > > As I recall, libtool has changed. The insight snapshot uses the newer > > libtool. I am uncertain if B20.1 can be used to build the debugger: B20.1 > > is quite old. It _should_ be possible to hack around this problem. > > (You could try, for example, installing a newer libtool or hacking > > makefiles to support older libtool.) > > > > Mumit Kahn has managed to build Insight for cygwin native using the cygwin > > snapshots. If you would just like a prebuilt binary, take a look at the > > insight archives on sourceware. This message was cross-posted to the win32 > > mailing list: > > > > http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/insight/1999-q3/msg00005.html > > > > Actually, I never build anything on a windows box if I can help it. I > cross-compiled Insight on a linux box, and had to make a few tweaks to > fix minor configuration buglets when building for x86-win32 host. To > be strictly correct, I should use the term canadian cross here, not > just cross (the target and host machines were both different than build > machine). > > Unfortunately, I blew away my source tree before I had a chance to commit > the changes. I'll hopefully retry this in the near future and forward the > patches to the list. > > Insight *should* build on Cygwin b20.1, but I doubt if you can do that > without working around various, albeit minor, configuration issues. > > Unless you have strong need for building it yourself (eg., to fix problems), > just use the binaries. > > Regards, > Mumit >