That sounds like a good possibility; i tried to fix it with a native symlink egrep.exe -> c:\msys64\usr\bin\egrep but that didn't change the result of configure.
greg@Homerw7 MINGW32 /d/bld/bldwx $ export GREP='C:/msys64/usr/bin/grep.exe' greg@Homerw7 MINGW32 /d/bld/bldwx $ /e/mingw/sources/wxWidgets-3.0.2/configure --with-msw --prefix=/d/bld/mingw32-psxdw2/wxWidgets-3.0.2/ >& config.out & [1] 1800 $ tail config.out checking whether we are using the Intel C compiler... no checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -O2 -mtune=pentium3 -E checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... C:/msys64/usr/bin/grep.exe checking for egrep... C:/msys64/usr/bin/grep.exe -E checking whether gcc -O2 -mtune=pentium3 needs -traditional... no checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ -O2 -mtune=pentium3 accepts -g... yes checking whether we are using the Intel C++ compiler... no checking for ar... no configure: error: ar is needed to build wxWidgets [1]+ Exit 1 /e/mingw/sources/wxWidgets-3.0.2/configure --with-msw --prefix=/d/bld/mingw32-psxdw2/wxWidgets-3.0.2/ &> config.out $ which ar /mingw32/bin/ar $ echo $PATH /mingw32/bin:/opt32/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows/system32/Wbem:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl $ export AR='C:/msys64/mingw32/bin/ar' I didn't test, but I think this would fail. instead, $ export AR='C:/msys64/mingw32/bin/ar.exe' Result: $ tail config.out checking whether ln -s works... no, using cp -pR checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for ar... (cached) C:/msys64/mingw32/bin/ar.exe checking for strip... no checking for nm... no checking if make is GNU make... yes checking for dependency tracking method... gcc checking for windres... no checking if the compiler supports precompiled headers... yes configure: error: Required windres program not found etc. greg@Homerw7 MINGW32 /d/bld/bldwx $ which windres /mingw32/bin/windres so I'm on my way. Thanks! On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Matthieu Vachon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I had problem with `egrep` in the past, I will explain my problem, maybe it > will be the same as you, not sure. > > I wanted to compile something (erlang rebar3 tool). The script was using a > native Windows program for the compilation and was complaining that `egrep` > could not be found in the `$PATH`. The problem is that `egrep` is a bash > script wrapping the normal `grep` command which is an executable. > > When a native Windows program tries to find a program to run, it checks > mainly for `.exe` and `.bat` files. Since `egrep` was not one of the two, > the compilation failed each time. Running the same thing under a msys2 aware > program is not failing because search rules are different. That's why > running `egrep` from terminal works. If you use `cmd` directly (and if you > have a correct $PATH environment), running `egrep` in the console will fail > with the same message as in your error. > > Matt > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 4:43 AM Alexey Pavlov <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> > 7 апр. 2015 г., в 11:29, Greg Jung <[email protected]> написал(а): >> > >> > I'm getting this error when trying to ./configure for wxWidgets: >> > checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... >> > configure: error: no acceptable grep could be found in <$PATH> >> > >> > any notions of why this happens? >> > >> > wxWidgets-3.0.1/configure --with-msw >> >> For building packages you need install «base-devel» package group that >> contain all needed programs to build most packages: >> >> pacman -S base-devel >> >> Or you can install one by one when you get such fails. Configure told you >> that can’t find «grep», so seems you not have it installed. >> >> Regards, >> Alexey. >> > Holy cow look up the definition of "extremely condescending": ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
