Re: [GnuWin32-Users] linking error: unresolved symbols drand48_r, stdin and stdout

2010-06-10 Thread Keith MARSHALL
> gcc -lgw32c -lole32 -lm -o bin/mmc built/posix_randr.obj > built/simpmesh.obj > uilt/tettracing.obj built/mcx_utils.obj built/tictoc.obj built/tetray.obj " > > I am certain that gcc/ld had found the libgw32c.a that I placed > under c:\MinGW\lib, but somehow, it does not link :( It *does* l

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] GSL 64 bits

2010-05-20 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Hi Arnaud, Can't help you with your plea for NSIS help, sorry, but I'd like to clarify... > So, I have decided to download the GSL source files and recompile > it with MYSYS ... I presume you mean MSYS here; if not, what is MYSYS? > / X86_64-mingw32. Wouldn't that just produce 32-bit libra

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] Awk error

2009-10-28 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Charles Calvert wrote: > Since we're engaging in a little friendly pedantry... :-) > On 10/27/2009 6:30 AM, Keith MARSHALL wrote: > > [attributions added back in] This utterly abysmal mail client, which my employer insists I use, messes them up horrendously; sorry about t

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] Awk error

2009-10-27 Thread Keith MARSHALL
>> I can't seem to get awk to work. >> Here is the command line I'm trying to use: >> >> svn ls -R | awk "print $1" > > Try: > >svn ls -R | awk "{print $1}" > > The default rule must be enclosed in braces. Actually, this is not strictly so; while your suggested remedy is correct in

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] ls.exe */*

2009-06-26 Thread Keith MARSHALL
> grep.exe or ls.exe etc from mingw and djgpp (though it is not very > stable for the binary from mingw if running from msdos shell.) MS-DOS shell == 16-bit, single user, single tasking system; last ever version published (in 1994), IIRC, was MS-DOS-6.22. If you are really using an MS-DOS sh

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] ls.exe */*

2009-06-08 Thread Keith MARSHALL
> ls.exe from mingw binutils-2.19.1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz works > for "ls.exe */*" from cmd.exe Huh? There is no ls.exe within that package! ls is provided by the coreutils; it has nothing to do with the binutils. The only version of the coreutils provided by the MinGW Project is that specific

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] Units custom file

2008-11-25 Thread Keith MARSHALL
> If I set variable HOME to %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% in XP's > Environment Variables dialog, it works. As expected; good. > This and the TMP or TMPDIR variables should be set by the > installer, not by the user. No, they should not! It is the user's responsibility to configure his own HOME env

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] Help with Dependencies Compilation

2008-05-28 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Libin Varghese wrote, quoting me: >> Where have you installed MinGW? >> >> If you normalise the above path, (i.e. resolve out the `..' components), >> it becomes: >> >> g:/mingw/3.4.5/include/sys/stat.h > > I have my mingw installed in f:/mingw . I have to replace > g:/mingw/3.4.5/bin/ to f:/m

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] Help with Dependencies Compilation

2008-05-27 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Libin Varghese wrote: > [snip numerous lines similar to...] > g:/mingw/3.4.5/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../include/sys/stat.h > > But the path specified here for the headers are not correct. Where have you installed MinGW? If you normalise the above path, (i.e. resolve out the `.

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] grep and recursion

2008-04-18 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Bonno Bloksma wrote: > I've read the previous posts in the group and I thought I had the > correct syntax but I must be doing something wrong. > > - > D:\temp\MANSYS>"c:\Program > Files\GnuWin32\bin\grep.exe" -ir --include="*.rec" "version" . That lo

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] Spaces handled in vpath

2007-11-01 Thread Keith Marshall
Gurpreet Singh wrote: > I am facing an issue in gnuwin32 make 3.81. The paths containing white > space in vpath is not working properly. Is this a know bug? Is there > any fix/patch released for this? Does your own post not suggest a solution? Hint: avoid white space in path names. In general, s

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] make alters subprocess environment

2007-09-21 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Павел Сутырин wrote, quoting me: >> You can get a pre-built binary package, (in which it is called >> `mingw32-make'), here: > > Thank you very much, I'm already migrated at [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing > list, and there are interesting results: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/make-w32/2007-

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] make alters subprocess environment

2007-09-20 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Kees Zeelenberg wrote, quoting Павел Сутырин: >> gmake.exe -> testApp.exe -> db_comparator.bat -> >> ..\..\db_comparator\db_comparator.py >> FAILS >> ... > > This seems a make-w32 problem, which is better addressed to the make-w32 > mailing list http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] AccessViolationException

2007-09-03 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Michael Ramati wrote: > gsl_function f; > f.params = params; > typedef double (*function_t)(double, void *); > f.function = (function_t)GetProcAddress(library, name); > s = gsl_root_fsolver_alloc(gsl_root_fsolver_brent); > > // SO FAR SO GOOD :-) that is, memory is OK! > > gsl_root_fsolver_set

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] library for Visual Studio?

2007-06-05 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Kay wrote: > the precompiled library I downloaded are in .a format, but I really > need the libary in .lib format so I can link from microsoft Visual > Studio. Any suggestions how to convert? Simply rename the file; `libfoo.a' becomes `foo.lib'. `libfoo.dll.a' can similarly be named as `foo.l

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] KISS'ed shell

2007-02-20 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Lennart Borgman wrote, quoting Marc Chantreux: >> I think the lake of open source sh is a real problem so if i had more >> time to spend for a windows shell , i would try to port dash (as >> minimalist sh replacement, it can be easier to port than bash). If i was >> really skilled, i would try

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] KISS'ed shell

2007-02-16 Thread Keith MARSHALL
>>> http://win-bash.sourceforge.net/ >> Or MSYS, from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw > > Personally I like 4NT, at http://www.jpsoft.com/4ntdes.htm > but then again I've been using it since NT 3.51 I used to use 4DOS, from the same stable, until I discovered DJGPP. No contest really; the s

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] KISS'ed shell

2007-02-15 Thread Keith MARSHALL
>> my preferred KISS'ed shell would be ash; can I get it from >> http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net ? > > No. But what about > > http://win-bash.sourceforge.net/ Or MSYS, from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw Regards, Keith.

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] undefined references when using libiconv with MinGW

2006-10-30 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: > I've written a C program which uses libiconv and wanted it to > build on Windows XP using MinGW 5.0.0. For both libiconv and > libintl, I've downloaded the “binaries” and the “developer files” > ZIP archives. I unpacked all four ZIP archives into one common > directory C

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] Issue while extacting to different drive in windows

2005-10-24 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Mohankumar wrote: > I've the GNU tar utility 1.13.25 (windows). > > I've an archive with few backup files. Every file has its own > absolute path (ie., C:\Progra~1\Backup\config.txt) in the tar > archive. > > While extracting this tar, it will be extracted to the same location > C:\Progra~1\Backup

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] automake and autoconf

2005-04-11 Thread Keith MARSHALL
> How can I run aclocal ? Where can I get a version of perl that can > run gnuwin32's version of aclocal ? I don't understand why you are trying to run aclocal. You *write* `aclocal.m4' and `configure.ac' to customise `autoconf' behaviour, then you run *autoconf* to generate a `configure' script.

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] texinfo-4.8 still says: Terminal type 'name' is not smart enough to run Info

2005-04-04 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Hi Mathias, >> It doesn't seem to matter what `TERM=name' value is exported >> from the shell -- info says they are all too dumb! > > I also tried this and could observe this behaviour too. My quick and > dirty work around: > > I download the packages texinfo-4.2-4.tar.bz2, > cygwin-1.5.12-1.tar.b

[GnuWin32-Users] texinfo-4.8 still says: Terminal type 'name' is not smart enough to run Info

2005-04-01 Thread Keith MARSHALL
This problem, previously reported for version 4.6, is still present in the shiny new 4.8 I downloaded from the GnuWin32 repository this morning. It doesn't seem to matter what `TERM=name' value is exported from the shell -- info says they are all too dumb! Fortunately, the info 4.3 reader in my M

[GnuWin32-Users] Compiling GNU Packages for Win32 (was: [Groff] groff CVS now needs texinfo 4.8)

2005-02-18 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Hi Kees, > Basically, the mingw headers are patched for inclusion of the corresponding > *x.h files; see also the 'installation and usage' section on > http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libgw32c.htm. ... I *really* don't like to do this. IMHO, the headers supplied with the compiler sho

[GnuWin32-Users] Re: texinfo-4.6 says: Terminal type 'dumb' is not smart enough to run Info

2005-02-17 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Hi Mathias, > E.g. I cannot create a disk image with > > dd if=a: of=disk_image.bin bs=1k count=1440 > > So you're right! Why not use cygwin's BASH or the MSYS shell? And of course, the MSYS shell is also `bash', but typically called `sh.exe', so it runs in POSIX compatibility mode. I use both

[GnuWin32-Users] Re: texinfo-4.6 says: Terminal type 'dumb' is not smart enough to run Info

2005-02-17 Thread Keith MARSHALL
Hi Mathias, >>> info: Terminal type 'dumb' is not smart enough to run Info. >>> >> This is the precise message I was referring to, in my earlier post, >> when I said I could not run info 4.6 from cmd.exe. >> >> I normally use the MSYS shell, ... >> >> GnuWin32 does provide a termcap implementat

Re: [GnuWin32-Users] texinfo-4.6 says: Terminal type 'dumb' is not smart enough to run Info

2005-02-15 Thread Keith MARSHALL
> info: Terminal type 'dumb' is not smart enough to run Info. This is the precise message I was referring to, in my earlier post, when I said I could not run info 4.6 from cmd.exe. I normally use the MSYS shell, from http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MSYS-1.0.10.exe?download, so I have t

[GnuWin32-Users] Re: [Groff] groff CVS now needs texinfo 4.8

2005-02-15 Thread Keith MARSHALL
>From my earlier posting to the groff mailing list: > As an aside, will info 4.8 be required to to read the info files > generated by makeinfo 4.8? I currently use info 4.3, as supplied > with MSYS, in conjunction with makeinfo 4.6 from GnuWin32, without > problem -- I had problems with with the G

[GnuWin32-Users] Re: [Groff] groff CVS now needs texinfo 4.8

2005-02-15 Thread Keith MARSHALL
>>> In the CVS I've updated groff.texinfo to use texinfo 4.8 -- >>> unfortunately, it no longer works with older versions (causing an >>> endless loop on my Linux box which finally aborts due to a >>> segfault). >> >> This is bad news, for those of us building groff on MS-Windows :-( > > Well, it