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From: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow kernel to build on Cygwin
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:37:07 +0000 (UTC)
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Hi,

Deepak Saxena <dsaxena <at> plexity.net> writes:

> 
> 
> This patch contains a set of small fixes to allow the kernel to build under
> the Cygwin environment, which is unfortunately used by more people than
> one would think in the embedded world. :(
Yes, I did similar patch, and there are needed for everything (busybox, 
glibc, ...)
                        -D LKC_DIRECT_LINK
> 
> +HOST_OS := $(shell uname -o)
> +ifeq ($(HOST_OS),Cygwin)
> +HOSTLOADLIBES_mconf	= -lintl
> +HOSTLOADLIBES_conf	= -lintl
> +endif
> +
Hum, this test should be done if we detect nls support. See ifeq
($(KBUILD_HAVE_NLS),no) ...



> --- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
>  <at>  <at>  -4,6 +4,10  <at>  <at>  # Check ncurses compatibility
>  # What library to link
>  ldflags()
>  {
> +	if [ "`uname -o`" == "Cygwin" ]; then
> +		echo '-lintl -lncurses'
> +		exit
> +	fi
You should test against libncurses.a and not hardcode it for cygwin...

Matthieu



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