Alejandro López-Valencia wrote: > Kees Zeelenberg wrote: > >> Werner LEMBERG" writes: >> >>> `progreloc.c' in the gnulib CVS (on Savannah)? I wonder whether it >>> makes sense to use this `canonical' source code instead... >> >> request has been sent separately). BTW, have you ever had a look at >> Of course, it would be preferable to use gnulib for this. But, using >> WinCvs, I've never been able to access the CVS for gnulib, since it >> requires an ssh connection. I'll try again sometime. >> >> Kees >> > May I suggest exploring putty/plink (at tartarus.org, I think)? > Incidentally, that's one of the reasons I use Cygwin, OpenSSH is soo > much easier to use... <wink> > > Alejo
I never had any success using the groff CVS, as it *should* be used, on MS-Windows, even using Cygwin -- I suspect a corporate firewall may be blocking the SSH data stream :-( But, back on the original topic, texinfo 4.8 builds OOTB with Cygwin. This provides a mechanism for MS-Windows users to build groff from CVS, *without* resorting to obtaining pre-built info files from elsewhere :-) I'm not sure how well it will cope with building a non-Cygwin dependent groff though -- by adding `-mno-cygwin' to the CFLAGS -- I haven't tried that yet. BTW, while the texinfo build completes successfully, a `make check' reports a failure of the `no-header' test. This isn't a problem with texinfo itself, but rather in the Cygwin emulation of /dev/null, to which the test tries to redirect its makeinfo output; substituting `nul' -- MS-Windows native name for the null device -- for `/dev/null' in the test specification, allows all tests to pass. I guess I could submit a patch to texinfo to address this, (I've patched my own copy of the source), but I am not subscribed to any of their lists, and I don't want to receive a flood of texinfo related mail; furthermore, the texinfo project team holds no copyright assignment from me. Perhaps I should also raise the issue with the Cygwin developers, but again, I am not subscribed to any of their mail lists, and again, I don't want to receive a flood of Cygwin related mail. Best regards, Keith. _______________________________________________ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff
