I think the simplest way to start is without the rc file, without libgw32c, and without any new options. Just type ./configure at the bash prompt, and after it is finished: make. I thought the difficulties with patch could only be caused by (f)seek / (f)tell, but I never found the exact place.
Hope this helps, Kees ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lennart Borgman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kees Zeelenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [GnuWin32-Users] Handling of CRLF/LF in patch and diff > Hi Kees, > > Thank for answering. It is good to hear diff is alreay working the way I > want it to. > > However patch is a bigger problem. It is very difficult to make a > workaround in the case of patch since a patch file can be applied to > several files. Could you perhaps help me get started a bit? > > I am by no means a seasoned C programmer. I have downloaded the sources to > patch, the setup file, but I do not get very far. Some problems: > > - The .rc file to patch is not a text file as it should be. Perhaps have > it for some reason been replaced by the .res file? Could I perhaps replace > it with those that comes with diff? They look like some kind of templates > to me. > > - I do not have knowledge to fill in what is missing in the instructions > to build. I have installed libgw32c, but what do I do after this? I guess > I should run configure, but how do I make it aware of libgw32c? > > - Where do I put the -mms-bitfields etc options? Do I tell configure about > them in some way? > > - Do you have some hints from your own search for a solution the LF > problem with patch? > > > Best wishes, > L > > > > Kees Zeelenberg wrote: >> Most Gnuwin32 ports work as well with CRLF as with LF, because in text >> mode, the read and write functions from msvcrt.dll convert CRLF >> internally to LF on reading and the other way around for writing. The >> only problem occurs when seek or tell functions are used. A solution >> seems only possible by letting the program first scan the input and then >> guess which of CRLF / LF was used on input. This requires a lot of >> programming and even then wrong choices are possible. So I doubt that an >> easy solution is possible. >> I think that diff is insensitive to CRLF / LF. As for patch, I've never >> succeeded in finding the exact cause of its breaking on patch files with >> LF. >> >> Kees Zeelenberg >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lennart Borgman" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <gnuwin32-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 3:24 AM >> Subject: [GnuWin32-Users] Handling of CRLF/LF in patch and diff >> >> >>> It sometimes happens that you receive patch files with a different line >>> formats than the file to patch. Other times you may want to compare two >>> files that have different line endings. I think that if you work on a >>> project that is crossplatform or if you happen to get the file or patch >>> via mail those situations can occur. >>> >>> Working crossplatform is of course one of the reasons for gnuwin32 to >>> exist. It would IMHO be very good if patch and diff could handle those >>> situations. Currently I have been thinking about different ways to fix >>> this when using patch and diff from inside Emacs, but I wonder whether >>> that is the way to go. Fixing the patch and diff programs themselves >>> seems better to me. >>> >>> Have someone on this list thought about this? Would it be difficult to >>> do? I would suggest adding a new argument option for this of course. >>> >>> >>> >>> BTW did someone see my little perl script for downloading of gnuwin32? : >>> >>> http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/DL/w32%20util/gnuwin32/ >>> >>> (The html doc is not quite up to date at the moment. And sometimes you >>> have a problem with the web pages from sourceforge. Other than that it >>> works I think.) >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share >>> your >>> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash >>> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GnuWin32-Users mailing list >>> GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
