Cygwin: FAQ: building-cygwin: accomodate autoconf changes

- also, rephrase slightly for better readability and
  remove questionable old cruft

Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
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<para>First, you need to make sure you have the necessary build tools <para>First, you need to make sure you have the necessary build tools
installed; you at least need <literal>gcc-g++</literal>, installed; you at least need <literal>gcc-g++</literal>,
<literal>make</literal>, <literal>patch</literal>, <literal>perl</literal>, <literal>make</literal>, <literal>automake</literal>,
<literal>autoconf</literal>, <literal>git</literal>, <literal>perl</literal>,
<literal>gettext-devel</literal>, <literal>libiconv-devel</literal> and <literal>gettext-devel</literal>, <literal>libiconv-devel</literal> and
<literal>zlib-devel</literal>. Installing <literal>git</literal> to fetch <literal>zlib-devel</literal>. Fetch the sources from the
the sources from the <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/git/newlib-cygwin.git">Cygwin GIT source repository</ulink>.
<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/git/newlib-cygwin.git">source repository</ulink> If you change a certain core part of Cygwin, namely the layout
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>. of the Cygwin TLS area, you also have to install <literal>cocom</literal>.
Building for 32-bit Cygwin also requires Building for 32-bit Cygwin also requires
<literal>mingw64-i686-gcc-g++</literal> and <literal>mingw64-i686-zlib</literal>. <literal>mingw64-i686-gcc-g++</literal> and <literal>mingw64-i686-zlib</literal>.
@ -697,36 +697,49 @@ which requires the <literal>dblatex</literal>, <literal>docbook2X</literal>,
documentation, see the README included in the <literal>cygwin-doc</literal> package. documentation, see the README included in the <literal>cygwin-doc</literal> package.
</para> </para>
<para>Next, get the Cygwin source. Ideally, you should check out what you <para>Next, check out the Cygwin sources from the
need from Git (<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/git.html"/>). This is the <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/git.html">Cygwin GIT source repository</ulink>).
<emphasis>preferred method</emphasis> for acquiring the sources. Otherwise, This is the <emphasis>preferred method</emphasis> for acquiring the sources.
if you are trying to duplicate a cygwin release then you should download the Otherwise, if you are trying to duplicate a cygwin release then you should
corresponding source package download the corresponding source package
(<literal>cygwin-x.y.z-n-src.tar.bz2</literal>). </para> (<literal>cygwin-x.y.z-n-src.tar.bz2</literal>). </para>
<para>You <emphasis>must</emphasis> build cygwin in a separate directory from <para>You <emphasis>must</emphasis> build cygwin in a separate directory from
the source, so create something like a <literal>build/</literal> directory. the source, so create something like a <literal>build/</literal> directory.
Assuming you checked out the source in <literal>/oss/src/</literal>, and you Assuming you checked out the source to
also want to install to the temporary location <literal>install</literal>: <literal>/oss/src/newlib-cygwin/</literal>, and you want to install to the
temporary location <literal>/oss/install/</literal>, these are the required
steps to build Cygwin:
</para> </para>
<screen> <screen>
mkdir /oss/build $ mkdir -p /oss/src/newlib-cygwin/build # create build dir
mkdir /oss/install $ mkdir -p /oss/install # create install dir
cd build $ cd /oss/src/newlib-cygwin/winsup # chdir into Cygwin source dir and...
(/oss/src/configure --prefix=/oss/install -v; make) &gt;&amp; make.out $ ./autogen.sh # create config files
make install &gt; install.log 2&gt;&amp;1 $ cd /oss/src/newlib-cygwin/build # chdir into build dir
$ # create makefiles...
$ /oss/src/newlib-cygwin/configure --prefix=/oss/install
$ make # build Cygwin
$ make install # install Cygwin into install dir
</screen> </screen>
<para> <para>
If the build works, install everything <emphasis>except</emphasis> the dll (if If the build worked, you can install everything you like into the currently
you can). Then, close down all cygwin programs (including bash windows, running system, <emphasis>except</emphasis> the Cygwin DLL
inetd, etc.), save your old dll, and copy the new dll to the correct <command>cygwin1.dll</command> itself. For installing the DLL, close down
place. Then start up a bash window, or run a cygwin program from the all Cygwin programs (including bash windows, any servers like
Windows command prompt, and see what happens. <command>cygserver</command>, etc.), save your old dll, and copy the new dll
to the correct place. Then, for first testing, start up a Cygwin program
from the Windows command prompt and see what happens.
</para> </para>
<para>If you get the error "shared region is corrupted" it means that two <para>If you get a lengthy error messages like
different versions of cygwin1.dll are running on your machine at the <literal>"user shared memory version mismatch detected"</literal>, it's
same time. Remove all but one. very likely a Cygwin process still running using the old DLL. Kill it
in Windows' Task Manager or <command>taskkill</command> and try again.
If it's still not working, and if you're sure there's no older Cygwin
process still running, it's probably a bug you introduced with your changes.
From here on, you're on your own or discuss problems on the
<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/lists.html">Cygwin-developers mailing list</ulink>.
</para> </para>
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