Re: [privoxy-commits] current TODO,1.139,1.140

On 1/21/16, Fabian Keil <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 1/21/16, Fabian Keil <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> > + 147) Improve "Building from Source" section in the user manual.
>> >> > +      A common problem seems to be that it's not obvious to
>> >> > non-technical
>> >> > +      users how the listed dependencies can be installed on the
>> >> > commonly
>> >> > +      used platforms. Adding a couple of examples should also be
>> >> > useful
>> >> > for
>> >> > +      technical users (like Privoxy developers) who want to install
>> >> > or
>> >> > test
>> >> > +      Privoxy on platforms they are not familiar with.
>> >>
>> >> Building from source on Windows using Cygwin requires requires an old,
>> >> unsupported version of cygwin.  Tips/hints on where to begin making
>> >> the changes required to do cross-compiling - eg
>> >>   autoheader
>> >>   autoconf
>> >>   ./configure  --build=i686-pc-cygwin  --host=i686-pc-mingw32
>> >>   make
>> >> would be appreciated
>> >
>> > This should probably be documented at the end of:
>> > doc/source/buildsource.sgml
>> > which is included when building README, INSTALL and the user manual.
>>
>> Which "this"?  The request for help on how to get the windows build
>> working with the current cygwin or the instructions I sent out a few
>> days ago on how to how to build Privoxy on cygwin 1.5?
>
> While I was referring to the instructions to build Privoxy on cygwin 1.5
> (or any other version that is known to work), I think a request for help
> with getting Privoxy to build with a recent cygwin version could be added
> there, too.

The windows specific instructions don't really seem to belong in
doc/source/buildsource.sgml

How about if I update the "Build using cygwin" section in
developer-manual.sgml (which looks to still be correct except for the
'Get the cygwin setup program from' link ) and add a 'todo' item for
updating the code to support cross-system (or is it cross-compiler?)
builds?

Lee

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