Compiling setup.exe with the new gcc-2

[Nicholas Wourms]

Nicholas Wourms wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wasn't sure if I should post this here or in the main list, but here 
> goes.  I'm using the latest gcc-2/g++-2, gcc/g++ v3 has some problems 
> with the c++ libraries as mentioned in another post.  Anyhow, I've got 
> the latest cvs sources for setup.exe on my machine.  I am building in 
> a separate dir, using the following command as suggested by the setup 
> homepage:
> ../setup/configure -C --enable-dependencies --disable-shared 
> --host=i686-pc-mingw32 --build=i686-pc-cygwin CC="gcc-2 -mno-cygwin" \
> CXX="g++-2 -mno-cygwin" CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/g++-3 
> --enable-maintainer-mode
>
> Anyhow, with the previous gcc/g++ (v2), this method used to build 
> smooth as silk.  Now, however, I get the error:
>
> windres --include-dir ../setup -o res.o ../setup/res.rc
> ../setup/res.rc:11:21: windows.h: No such file or directory
> ../setup/res.rc:217:6: invalid preprocessing directive #CONTROL
> windres: ../setup/res.rc:32: syntax error
> make[2]: *** [res.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/cygwin-setup-src/build'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/cygwin-setup-src/build'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Which leads me to conclude that the logic for the gcc-2/g++-2 specs no 
> longer includes /usr/include/w32api in its default search path.  
> Anyhow, I thought I'd post this for anyone who is trying to compile 
> setup.exe with the new gcc-2/g++-2.  The answer is to include 
> -I/usr/include/w32api in your CPPFLAGS until this gets cleared up.

Ok,

Strike that, that didn't fix the problem.  I'm looking into it now.

Cheers,
Nicholas