From 50d7dcaa0bd535a2a70e076a0ca0d15c1c1e8e01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 19:15:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Cygwin: FAQ: fix Cygwin build requirements Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> --- winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml index 65bfed97e..5920ca8c4 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml @@ -676,16 +676,20 @@ rewriting the runtime library in question from specs... <answer> <para>First, you need to make sure you have the necessary build tools -installed; you at least need <literal>gcc-g++</literal>, <literal>make</literal>, -<literal>perl</literal>, <literal>cocom</literal>, <literal>gettext-devel</literal>, -<literal>libiconv-devel</literal> and <literal>zlib-devel</literal>. +installed; you at least need <literal>gcc-g++</literal>, +<literal>make</literal>, <literal>patch</literal>, <literal>perl</literal>, +<literal>gettext-devel</literal>, <literal>libiconv-devel</literal> and +<literal>zlib-devel</literal>. Installing <literal>git</literal> to fetch +the sources from the +<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/git/newlib-cygwin.git">source repository</ulink> +helps, too. If you change a certain core part of Cygwin, namely the layout +of the Cygwin TLS area, you also have to install <literal>cocom</literal>. Building for 32-bit Cygwin also requires -<literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core</literal> (for building the cyglsa64 DLL for WoW64), <literal>mingw64-i686-gcc-g++</literal> and <literal>mingw64-i686-zlib</literal>. Building for 64-bit Cygwin also requires <literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++</literal> and <literal>mingw64-x86_64-zlib</literal>. -If you want to run the tests, <literal>dejagnu</literal> is also required. +<!-- If you want to run the tests, <literal>dejagnu</literal> is also required. --> Normally, building ignores any errors in building the documentation, which requires the <literal>dblatex</literal>, <literal>docbook2X</literal>, <literal>docbook-xml45</literal>, <literal>docbook-xsl</literal>, and