--- Mo DeJong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > When the Tcl 8.4 release is finished,
> > > it should work with Cygwin.
> > >
> >
> > Cool. BTW, the unix version of both tcl and tk build with Cygwin now.
>
> I assume you are talking about one of the ports on the
> sourceware site?
You assumeed wrong. I've built the unix source of tcl 8.4a1 and tk 8.4a1. Of
course the tk executable requires the X11 libraries and headers from
Cygwin-Xfree and then requires an X server; but, it builds and works. ;)
> The current release (8.3.2) of Tcl/Tk
> does not compile "out of the box" with Cygwin. I am
> very interested in getting the fixes needed to
> compile Tcl under Cygwin into the 8.4 release.
The UNIX source does build. CC='gcc -mno-win32'.
> It should not be all that hard, it looks like
> some problems with MS specific #includes and
> use of __try which cygwin does not like.
>
Oh, yes those MS extensions. Anyone up to adding the code necessary to GCC to
have these features working?
Cheers,
=====
Earnie Boyd
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