Attempting to compile the latest snapshot, (by untaring cygwin-src-20030823.tar.bz2 and winsup-src-20030823.tar.bz2 in /, and creating /src as a symbolic link, creating /obj, /install, entering /obj, /src/configure --prefix=/install, then make.) The make fails with libm.a. Relevant messages are:
/bin/sh /src/winsup/cygwin/speclib /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libpthread.a "nm" "ar" /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libcygwin.a pthread.o thread.o /bin/sh /src/winsup/cygwin/speclib /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libm.a "nm" "ar" /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libcygwin.a /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/newlib/libm/libm.a /bin/sh /src/winsup/cygwin/speclib -v /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libc.a "nm" "ar" /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libcygwin.a /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libm.a libpthread.a nm: /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libm.a: File format not recognized nm: libpthread.a: File format not recognized speclib: couldn't find symbols for /obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libc.a make[2]: *** [/obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin/libc.a] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin' make[1]: *** [cygwin] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/obj/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup' make: *** [all-target-winsup] Error 2 Looking at libm.a, ar and nm refuse to recognise it, file says it is a current ar archive. it is 93360 bytes. libpthread.a is also not recognised, other ".a" file are though. -- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/