Re: Build problem and problem with region in 21.5 under Cygwin.

>>>>> "Rick" == Rick Rankin <[email protected]> writes:

    Rick> I just made my first pass at building 21.5 on Cygwin. So
    Rick> far, I've found a (minor) problem with the build and a
    Rick> runtime problem that I haven't been able to figure out.

    Rick> The build problem was fairly simple. There was a conflict
    Rick> between some typedefs in src/lisp.h and
    Rick> /usr/include/cygwin/types.h. The conflicting lines are

Something is very wrong.  Viz ChangeLog:

2003-05-02  Stephen J. Turnbull  <[email protected]>

	* configure.in (darwin): Collect random kludges in one place.
	(cygwin): Check for intptr_t in <sys/types.h>.
	(Berkeley db): Handle 4.1 functions decorated with version info.

and the build Just Worked for me.  Your Installation claims:

    Rick> XEmacs 21.5-b13 "cauliflower"  configured for `i686-pc-cygwin'.

but I don't think I believe it.  How did you get the source code, ftp,
CVS?  Please

grep -i intptr_t configure.in configure src/config.h src/config.h.in src/lisp.h

and let's see if there's something missing.  Maybe all you have to do
is "autoconf configure.in > configure".

If it's CVS and you've got decent connectivity, "cvs diff -r r21-5-13"
would be useful, too.

    Rick> The runtime problem is a bit more perplexing to me, being
    Rick> more-or-less lisp illiterate. *Any* time I try to set the
    Rick> mark, whether it's with C-@ or M-x set-mark-command or
    Rick> highlighting text with the mouse, I get the message

    Rick> Symbol's value as variable is void: region

I cannot replicate.  I really have to suspect a corrupt source tree.


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