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Re: [patch] Fix expect build under cygwin + Tcl/Tk 8.3
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:50:42 -0400
- Subject: Re: [patch] Fix expect build under cygwin + Tcl/Tk 8.3
- References: <20020715150015.747082dd.supermo@bayarea.net>
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 03:00:15PM -0700, Mo DeJong wrote:
>> What would have helped would have been if it actually failed for me.
>> I can build expect with no problem.
>
>Expect currently builds, it is Itcl that does not build:
>
>http://sources.redhat.com/ml/insight/2002-q2/msg00073.html
>
>> Again, expect is not supposed to be using the windows version of
>> anything. It is supposed to be using the cygwin/unix version.
>
>Ok, you win. Here is a patch to fixup the tcl/cygwin and tcl/win
>configures along with expect. It will also fix the Itcl build.
>
>2002-07-15 Mo DeJong <supermo@bayarea.net>
>
> * cygwin/configure: Regen.
> * cygwin/configure.in: Emit a tclConfig.sh file
> so that expect can load it at configure time.
> * win/configure: Regen.
> * win/configure.in: Don't emit a ../unix/tclConfig.sh
> file, this was a hack to get expect to build and
> it breaks the Itcl build.
I thought I should make it official that I had a private discussion with
Mo and "ok'ed" this patch, even though I'm not officially, AFAIK, in a
position to do more than suggest that it makes sense to me.
I think that's up to Keith, maybe? Unless he wants to grant me authority
over cygwin stuff in tcl/tk.
cgf