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Re: 1.7 installation failed (on network drive?)
On Dec 9 11:52, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Dec 8 18:21, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> >>Corinna Vinschen schrieb:
> >>>... Build a debug version of setup (you need gcc-3
> >>>for that since the -mno-cygwin option is still used), start it under
> >>>GDB, and set a breakpoint to filemanip.cc:468. GDB will break there if
> >>>an error gets triggered. Examine what status codes are returned.
> >>>See /usr/include/w32api/ddk/ntstatus.h what status code that is.
> >>OK; since setup is not a cygwin package, where would I get the
> >>sources in the first place? And is there a README telling me how to
> >>build a debug version (make debug?)?
> >Basically:
> >
> > cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cygwin.com:/cvs/cygwin-apps setup
> > CC=gcc-3 configure
> > make 'CFLAGS=-g'
> So I don't need to switch set-gcc-default-3.sh, thanks.
> Actually, I already checked out and compiled (after installing a
> bunch of dependencies) over night after cgf's pointer to
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html.
> However, I didn't include the -g flag, assuming that leaving out the
> final 'strip' step might suffice.
The important thing here is to avoid the default -O2 flag. It makes
debugging a lot harder.
> >>In case I don't get it compiled, maybe you could prepare two debug
> >>versions (with/w/o the change below) and send them to me? I could
> >>take an extra trip to that lab tomorrow for testing.
> >Well, yes, but there's very little reason that you shouldn't get it
> >build.
> Kind of... I did the small change you suggested and ran make again
> for a second test build, and guess what happens?
> It's compiling *everything* again all over; that's not quite the
> purpose of make, is it?
Not exactly. And doesn't happen for me. Are you sure you're not
having a timestamp problem due to running two machines on asynchronous
times, one to build, one providing the storage? Are you not using NTP?
Corinna
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