Re: why the strange stack stuf in cygwin?

2008-09-02 Thread Brian Dessent
[ Your messages would be a lot easier to read without the random schizophrenic line length and indentation. ] Jay wrote: > I meant implementing __thread in gcc. Starting in 4.3 gcc supports emutls, which enables __thread support on all threaded targets, even when there is no actual TLS support

RE: why the strange stack stuf in cygwin?

2008-09-02 Thread Jay
Is it the source code making the function calls that bothers you, or the code size/perf bloat? If it is the source, just hide it with macros, like: #define foo /* existing thread local stuff */ #define bar /* existing thread local stuff */ typedef struct cygwin_threadlocals_t { int

RE: why the strange stack stuf in cygwin?

2008-09-02 Thread Jay
Is it the source code making the function calls that bothers you, or the code size/perf bloat? If it is the source, just hide it with macros, like: #define foo /* existing thread local stuff */ #define bar /* existing thread local stuff */ typedef struct cygwin_threadlocals_t { int

Re: Probably stupid make question

2008-09-02 Thread Warren Young
Phil Smith wrote: exactly what part of "(obviously I can figure this out, but if I knew offhand it would save me some hassle)" was unclear? He's saying try it and find out: $ cat > foo.sh #!/bin/sh echo $# ^D $ chmod +x foo.sh $ ./foo.sh -Dsomething=c:/Documents and Settings/whatever 3 $ ./foo

Re: undefined section `.gnu_debuglink' referenced in expression

2008-09-02 Thread carlos
: You need this patch: Ha, thanks for the "very" quick response. : : I can't see any mention of the word "debug" in : http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin : : There is nothing special that needs to be done besides typing "make". Yes, this links points to the se

[1.7.0-29] detecting g77 configuration

2008-09-02 Thread Marco Atzeri
Dear All, I am trying to compile octave-3.0.1-1 on cygwin 1.7 but I am stucked on a different behaviour of g77 that make the configure scripts unable to correctly identify the settings for the linking. This is the extract of config.log on cygwin 1.5 --- co

Re: undefined section `.gnu_debuglink' referenced in expression

2008-09-02 Thread Brian Dessent
carlos wrote: > /oss/src/winsup/cygwin/cygwin.sc:143: > undefined section `.gnu_debuglink' referenced in expression That's due to a change in binutils that caused it to be more strict. The offending line has been removed from the linker script in HEAD. You can either make the appropriate change

Re: undefined section `.gnu_debuglink' referenced in expression

2008-09-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 03:58:42PM -0400, carlos wrote: >I am trying to compile cygwin 1.5.25.15. >I downloaded the source bz2 file (with cygwin setup). >Extracted it and followed the instructions. > >The build goes a long way, until it stops with the following >message in make.out: > >/oss/src/win

undefined section `.gnu_debuglink' referenced in expression

2008-09-02 Thread carlos
I am trying to compile cygwin 1.5.25.15. I downloaded the source bz2 file (with cygwin setup). Extracted it and followed the instructions. The build goes a long way, until it stops with the following message in make.out: /oss/src/winsup/cygwin/cygwin.sc:143: undefined section `.gnu_debuglink' re

Re: why the strange stack stuf in cygwin?

2008-09-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 07:31:01AM +, Jay wrote: > > >[jay] harder to port to other architectures, >> [cgf] Cygwin works on all of the architectures that Windows NT+ supports. > > > I mean really doing a native AMD64 and/or IA64 port, not just relying > on the ability to run 32bit x86 code. I

Re: why the strange stack stuf in cygwin?

2008-09-02 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
(reformatted) On Tue, September 2, 2008 12:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snipped the drivel > ... > >> The code seems very wierd in places. >> I don't "like" it. >> I know, boo hoo, whine whine whine. It seems to work but it makes me >> nervous. - Jay > J

RE: make script not working with Cygwin 1.5.25-14 (with Perl)

2008-09-02 Thread Dave Korn
Nose wrote on 02 September 2008 13:14: > In my previous cygwin version there indeed was > a make nut in my new installation there wasn't. Yes, 'make' (and other developer tools) aren't part of the default cygwin installation - you need to select them explicitly. > Now it's time to discover th

RE: make script not working with Cygwin 1.5.25-14 (with Perl)

2008-09-02 Thread Nose
Thanx very much Indeed, there was no make.exe present in my cygwin/bin directory and because of that it used the make from unixtools. In my previous cygwin version there indeed was a make nut in my new installation there wasn't. Now it's time to discover the reason's that the makefile works

Re: Running 64bit processes from 32bit Cygwin

2008-09-02 Thread Robert McKay
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 32bit processes can launch 64 bit processes, and vice versa. > You are not trapped in emulation. > Simply via the normal CreateProcess, or system(), or ShellExecute(). > There's no need to ask Explorer to do it for you. Except...

Re: make script not working with Cygwin 1.5.25-14 (with Perl)

2008-09-02 Thread Matt Wozniski
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:17 AM, Nose wrote: > > Okay, > > to get serious, > > i've got a make script and while executing it gives me the following error: > > /cygdrive/d/IonicWork/GDF2TL/Win32bin/MapFil -D dict.opt -V > ../gdf_out/LUX.tl -Oa ../gdf_out/LUX > process_begin: CreateProcess((null), > /

RE: make script not working with Cygwin 1.5.25-14 (with Perl)

2008-09-02 Thread Dave Korn
Nose wrote on 02 September 2008 09:17: > c:\UnxUtils\usr\local\wbin\make.exe: *** [../gdf_out/LUX.vrt.gz] Error 3 That doesn't look like Cygwin make to me. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simpl

Re: TexLive Binaries?

2008-09-02 Thread Angelo Graziosi
wynfield wrote: I noticed the "--without-xetex" as an agrument to your "Build". What is the reason for this. It fails. See texlive and tlbuild lists. Angelo Graziosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ^^ Be careful in citing addresses: the spammers are searching them...

Re: make script not working with Cygwin 1.5.25-14 (with Perl)

2008-09-02 Thread Nose
Okay, to get serious, i've got a make script and while executing it gives me the following error: /cygdrive/d/IonicWork/GDF2TL/Win32bin/MapFil -D dict.opt -V ../gdf_out/LUX.tl -Oa ../gdf_out/LUX process_begin: CreateProcess((null), /cygdrive/d/IonicWork/GDF2TL/Win32bin/MapFil -D dict.opt -V ../

RE: Running 64bit processes from 32bit Cygwin

2008-09-02 Thread Jay
[Robert] Can anyone tell me for sure that it's impossible to run a 64bit [Robert] windows process from 32bit Cygwin? Or rather.. is it possible to spawn [Robert] a 64bit process from Cygwin and have it not be trapped inside WoW64 [Robert] emulation? It seems as though once you're i

Re: why the strange stack stuf in cygwin?

2008-09-02 Thread wynfield
Jay, rather than making silly pedantic and empty arguments I'd rather that you contributed to making things better. That is if you were truely up to it capable. regards Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snipped the drivel ... > The code seems very wierd in places. > I don't "like" it

Re: why the strange stack stuf in cygwin?

2008-09-02 Thread Jay
>[jay] harder to port to other architectures, > [cgf] Cygwin works on all of the architectures that Windows NT+ supports. I mean really doing a native AMD64 and/or IA64 port, not just relying on the ability to run 32bit x86 code. Imho, that's cheating. > [jay] Why does Cygwin do such wie

ImageMagick

2008-09-02 Thread wynfield
Did some more experimenting and Imagemagick fails (dies ) when trying to convert a jpg file or a png file to jpg or jp2 format , however a jpg to png works well. jasper built with or without configuring with "--disable-libjpeg", also died in a segment faut. Any ideas of what if the problem?