Thanks for setting me in the right direction, I'll do as you suggest and no longer pollute your message board with irrelevant material!
cheers LMHmedchem2 wrote: > > This is a question that would be better posted to a programing forum > like CodeGuru Non Visual C++ Issues. > > http://forums.codeguru.com/forumdisplay.php?s=111c5a2c3c03096907f8896f6194d142&f=9 > > You will need to post the entire output from make. It may be easier to > compile and build the application from the command line without using > make since make adds an additional level of errors that can occur. > > If you find that the problem is from a missing cygwin component, than > that is something you could get help with here. > > LMH > > > > samuel.roy wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I am very new to Cygwin and have little to no experience with >> programming. >> My professor gave me code for a landscape evolution modeling program >> written >> in C++. I am trying to compile the program so that I can run it as an >> executable file through the command prompt on my Windows machine. He >> wrote >> the code on a mac, but he says that it can be compiled on a pc when using >> Cygwin. I installed Cygwin version 1.7.5 (according to the website) with >> devel (in order to get the make utility and to be compatible with gcc and >> g++). I am trying to use the make tool to compile the code from a given >> make >> file (childi.mk) which is supposed to compile a laundry list of scripts >> included in the uploaded zip file. When I run: >> make -f childi.mk >> >> from the source directory, it begins to compile but catches on a warning: >> A problem arises when the makefile script gets to tmesh.cpp, line 3982:3, >> with the warning "the address of triVal will never be NULL". >> Make then fails to create an executable file: "make *** >> [childInterface.o] >> Error 1". >> The line in question from tmesh.cpp is: "if(&triVal == 0 ) return 0;". >> >> As I mentioned previously, I have no experience with programming and my >> only >> intent here is to be able to create an executable file from the given >> code >> and makefile. I noticed that a cmake file is also present, but I am >> unable >> to get that to work and understand it even less. Does anyone have any >> suggestions on how to successfully use Cygwin to create an exe file from >> the >> given C++ code? >> >> Thank you for your time, >> Sam >> >> http://old.nabble.com/file/p33664890/Code.zip Code.zip > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/using-a-makefile-to-create-an-executable-file-tp33664890p33665436.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
