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[Caml-list] configure failure under cygwin when compiling ocaml
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Alex Romadinoff
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| From: | Karl Zilles <zilles@1...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] configure failure under cygwin when compiling ocaml |
Alex Romadinoff wrote: > It seams that you have broken cygwin\usr\include\sys\param.h > > This file should contain lines like this: > > /* All known win32 systems are little endian. */ > #define BYTE_ORDER LITTLE_ENDIAN > > I've checked Cygnus CVS > http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/cygwin/include/s > ys/?cvsroot=src and found that there are no either sys\param.h nor > sys\types.h required to check endianess. So configure willn't work on > this version. > > MinGW doesn't seam to have such a problem. > > Alex Cygwin distributes the version from http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/newlib/libc/sys/cygwin/sys/?cvsroot=src This file hasn't changed in 22 months, and is included in the cygwin-1.3.19-1 distribution. I've actually installed 1.3.19-1 from scratch and compiled ocaml successfully, so I know it does work. (just to muddy the waters, Cygwin released 1.3.20 on Saturday) Karl ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners