Re: error building SID

"Robert Cragie" <[email protected]> writes:

> I have been following this thread and should point out that I
> managed to build snapshot-20040424.tar.bz2 successfully on a SuSE
> 7.2 linux system (gcc 2.95.3) without specifically needing anything
> else, so please can you explain what you mean by "You need more than
> the sid/ subdirectory nowdays."? (note I didn't get a chance to try
> it). I think Ashustosh is also using snapshots.

Well, some SID components rely on BFD, for example.  It is possible
that the snapshots include all of the requisite directories.  Is that
right, Frank?

> I think the issues are to do with building in a cygwin environment
> which I have not attempted (yet) - are there packages missing in
> this environment which are normally present in a Linux environment?

I used to build SID regularly on Cygwin.  There should not be anything
major to make it work.  If there is, please report it here.

Ben