Prerequisites for generating clisp

Mark Harig idirectscm@aim.com
Thu Feb 7 16:29:00 GMT 2008


Mark Harig wrote:
> > Build requirements:
> >   libsigsegv
> >   and the usual build tools
>
> I attempted to generate the Cygwin clisp package using:
>
>    $ cygport /usr/src/clisp-2.xx.cygport prep compile
>
> This required multiple passes (using 'cygport ... finish' to
> remove each earlier pass) because additional header files
> are needed.  Here is a list of the additional Cygwin packages
> that were needed:
>
>    libdb4.5-devel  (current version 4.5.20-2)
>    libfcgi-devel and libfcgi0 (current version 2.4.0-2)
>    pcre-devel (current version 7.2-1)
>    libpq-devel (current version 8.1.4-2)
>   This list is not complete because I do not have Cygwin/X
> installed, and so the 'cygport ... compile' process stopped
> (failed to compile due to missing X header files) when it
> attempted to generate the 'clx/new-clx' module.
>
> Could the above prerequisites be added to the Cygwin-specific
> README file (unless I have made some fundamental error) in
> the 'Build requirements' section?
>
Reini Urban wrote:

 > ffcall is just a build time requirement, not run-time.
 > Linked statically.

So, 'ffcall' should also be listed in the 'Build requirements'
section?




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