Re: Next Release Status

[Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>]

On 11/08/2011 04:16 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Actually, I've been able to build this without much effort.  I just
> don't like the current state of affairs wrt cygwin tcl/tk and insight so
> I haven't been motivated to make a release.

Ok, I gotta ask: What's the trick? If I checkout, e.g., the 
gdb_7_3-branch and attempt to build tcl, the very first problem I run 
into is a #include <winsock2.h> in tclWinPort.h, and it goes down hill 
from then on out:

In file included from 
/cygdrive/k/sources/insight/7.3.1/src/tcl/win/../generic/../win/tclWinPort.h:72,
	from /cygdrive/k/sources/insight/7.3.1/src/tcl/win/../generic/tclPort.h:22,
	from 
/cygdrive/k/sources/insight/7.3.1/src/tcl/win/../generic/tclAlloc.c:29:
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.3.4/../../../../include/w32api/winsock2.h:632: 
error: conflicting types for `select'
/usr/include/sys/select.h:31: error: previous declaration of `select' 
was here
make[2]: *** [tclAlloc.] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/home/keiths/sources/insight/7.3.1/cygwin/tcl/win'

I haven't investigated much, but I thought I might as well ask you about 
it, since "[you've] been able to build this without much effort." :-)

> There's no need to do this.  The maintainer reads this list.

I thought you were here. :-)

Keith

PS. I would be willing to offer up new insight packages for cygwin. I 
don't know how often I will be doing releases from here on out, though. 
Insight must eventually be replaced by something more robust and easier 
to build/use/develop.

PPS. Yes, we should discuss the "current state of affairs wrt cygwin 
tcl/tk". I would like to attempt to sort this out -- at least for us 
sourceware people.