What Cygwin version? What GCC version?
We do test releases on Cygwin so I'm guessing you're using an older version. The error looks like a problem that old GCCs had (though we may want to work around it). On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 3:59 PM, jimo555 <jimo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just wanted to pass along a simple fix I had to make to get the > protobuf package to > build on cygwin. I had to make > > const': > ./google/protobuf/descriptor.h:1152: error: > > `google::protobuf::internal::Mutex*google::protobuf::DescriptorPool::mutex_' > is private > > > this member field public. It all built ok after doing this. (I also > had to move the dir to C: > as it had a link error due to being under C:/Documents and Settings.) > > Here is the error message excerpt I got: > > > libtool: compile: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -Wwrite-strings - > Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-sign-compare -O2 -g -DND > EBUG -MT structurally_valid.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/ > structurally_valid.Tpo -c google/protobuf/stubs/structurally_valid.cc > -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC -o .libs/structurally_valid.o > libtool: compile: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -Wwrite-strings - > Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-sign-compare -O2 -g -DND > EBUG -MT structurally_valid.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/ > structurally_valid.Tpo -c google/protobuf/stubs/structurally_valid.cc > - > o structurally_valid.o >/dev/null 2>&1 > mv -f .deps/structurally_valid.Tpo .deps/structurally_valid.Plo > /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. > -I.. -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Woverloaded-virtu > al -Wno-sign-compare -O2 -g -DNDEBUG -MT descriptor.lo -MD -MP - > MF .deps/descriptor.Tpo -c -o descriptor.lo `test -f 'go > ogle/protobuf/descriptor.cc' || echo './'`google/protobuf/ > descriptor.cc > libtool: compile: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -Wwrite-strings - > Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-sign-compare -O2 -g -DND > EBUG -MT descriptor.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/descriptor.Tpo -c google/ > protobuf/descriptor.cc -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC -o .libs/de > scriptor.o > google/protobuf/descriptor.cc: In member function `virtual const > google::protobuf::FieldDescriptor* google::protobuf::De > > scriptorBuilder::OptionInterpreter::AggregateOptionFinder::FindExtension(google::protobuf::Message*, > const std::string&) > const': > ./google/protobuf/descriptor.h:1152: error: > > `google::protobuf::internal::Mutex*google::protobuf::DescriptorPool::mutex_' > is private > google/protobuf/descriptor.cc:4341: error: within this context > ./google/protobuf/descriptor.h:1152: error: > > `google::protobuf::internal::Mutex*google::protobuf::DescriptorPool::mutex_' > is private > google/protobuf/descriptor.cc:4342: error: within this context > make[2]: *** [descriptor.lo] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Jim/My > Documents/java/protobuf-2.4.0a/src' > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Jim/My > Documents/java/protobuf-2.4.0a' > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en.