Re: [mpir-devel] cannot compile mpir on windows xp - several errors

2013-05-02 Thread Chris Hamono
I have realised that mpir is as far as I am aware the only project I have compiled so far that uses configure. At least the only one that has caused issues thus bringing it to my attention. It may be an issue with msys and sh.exe although the last isssue (cannot determine how to define a 32-bit wo

Re: [mpir-devel] cannot compile mpir on windows xp - several errors

2013-05-02 Thread Bill Hart
I'm afraid I haven't seen this before. If it is randomly doing this, then there must be something wrong with the environment. Sorry I don't think I have any specific advice. Bill. On 2 May 2013 14:33, gmail wrote: > > When attempting to configure using the latest mingw install i get the > foll

Re: [mpir-devel] cannot compile mpir on windows xp - several errors

2013-05-02 Thread gmail
When attempting to configure using the latest mingw install i get the following error... checking for assembler local label prefix... L checking for assembler byte directive... .byte checking how to define a 32-bit word... configure: error: cannot determine how to define a 32-bit word At th

Re: [mpir-devel] cannot compile mpir on windows xp - several errors

2013-05-02 Thread gmail
I am using mingw 4.4. I disabled virus protection this time it froze at configure: creating ./config.status the config.log ends at configure:28571: creating ./config.status I'll try and compile it outside of the kde environment and see what happens... DC On 02/05/2013 9:54 PM, Bill Hart wr

Re: [mpir-devel] cannot compile mpir on windows xp - several errors

2013-05-02 Thread Bill Hart
Hi, is this using Cygwin, MinGW or MSVC? If you are getting random hangs, it could be due to an antivirus program or an old version of MinGW. Bill. On 2 May 2013 12:51, developerchris wrote: > > The main error is a particularly odd one > > when using the emerge system to compile mpir on wind

[mpir-devel] cannot compile mpir on windows xp - several errors

2013-05-02 Thread developerchris
The main error is a particularly odd one when using the emerge system to compile mpir on windows xp it just hangs at seemingly random places while configuring yasm Sometimes it will fail complaining that python is too low a version. it requires > 2.4 and my version is only 3.3 I am pretty sur