On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Michael Wild! > >> In order to pinpoint an error I'm trying to compile cygwin1.dll from >> source following the instructions here: > > My question is: do you actually need to rebuild it, or you just need the debug > symbols? > >> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin. However, >> when building binutils, I trip over this error: >> https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-02/msg00064.html. According to >> DJ (https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-02/msg00067.html), >> "attempts to build the old binutils/gdb in CVS are going to be >> doomed". Apparently the development of these packages is now tracked >> in a separate git repo. So, my question is now, how do I get a working >> build for the cygwin DLL? Do I have to replace binutils/gdb in the CVS >> checkout with the git checkout? > >> How are the current snapshots built? > >> Thanks for any pointers in the right direction.
Dear Andrey, I really need to build it, in order to pinpoint which commit breaks things. Michael -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple