On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 06/03/2014 08:57 AM, Michael Wild wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: >>> >>> Greetings, Michael Wild! >>> >>>> In order to pinpoint an error I'm trying to compile cygwin1.dll from >>>> source following the instructions here: >>> >>> >>> My question is: do you actually need to rebuild it, or you just need the >>> debug >>> symbols? >>> >>>> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin. However, >>>> when building binutils, I trip over this error: >>>> https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-02/msg00064.html. According to >>>> DJ (https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-02/msg00067.html), >>>> "attempts to build the old binutils/gdb in CVS are going to be >>>> doomed". Apparently the development of these packages is now tracked >>>> in a separate git repo. So, my question is now, how do I get a working >>>> build for the cygwin DLL? Do I have to replace binutils/gdb in the CVS >>>> checkout with the git checkout? >>> >>> >>>> How are the current snapshots built? >>> >>> >>>> Thanks for any pointers in the right direction. >> >> >> >> Dear Andrey, >> >> I really need to build it, in order to pinpoint which commit breaks >> things. > > > OK but why are you building 'binutils' if you just want to build the Cygwin > DLL? > > > -- > Larry >
You tell me. I just checked out the source and followed the instructions as I said in my first message. When doing so, there is a dependency and binutils gets built. If the instructions are outdated, I did something obviously wrong, or there is a better way, please let me know. Michael -- 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
