Re: Cross compiling Winboard in Linux

Hi

> Things which prevent to build branch gtk-xt build for target WIN32 when
> cross compiling on Linux using minGW:

thanks for the quick check

> 1) These types were not defined (very easy to correct):
> 
>   Dimension
>   Position
>   Pixel

I think these might still be Xt code? Should probably be removed...

> 2) These macros were not defined (very easy to correct):
> 
>   True
>   False
> 
> 3) These signals do not exist:
> 
>   SIGPIPE
>   SIGUSR1
>   SIGALRM
>   SIGKILL
> 
> 4) These include files do not exist:
> 
>   <pwd.h>
>   <sys/ioctl.h>
> 
> 5) These functions/system calls do not exist:
> 
>   getpwuid (declered in missing pwd.h)
>   getpwnam (declared in missing pwd.h)
>   ConsoleCreate (declared as extern void ConsoleCreate(); in backend.c)
>   strndup (easy to implement/replace)
>   flock
>   pipe
>   fork
>   nice
>   alarm
>   wait
>   kill

can these be fixed by using gnulib? I just had a quick look and there is
a flock for windows as far as I can tell, but I never used gnulib
before... anyone has used gnulib before?

Arun