Re: Problem with X headers on cygwin-xfree?

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Tk is already avaliable for Cygwin in the tcltk package.  Note, however, 
that it is a native GDI port, it does not use X11 for graphics display. 
 You can also build tk on Cygwin with X11 graphics.  The normal source 
didstribution for tk will build an X11 version, only the Cygwin tcltk 
sources will build the GDI version.

Does that help to clear things up?

Harold

linda w wrote:

> I downloaded the Tk perl module via cpan and run make.  After quite a 
> long run, I
> get a fatal error that looks like it is from one or more missing headers 
> in the X library.
>
> Builds fine on my linux system.
>
> Error text:
> /bin/perl.exe /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.2/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap 
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.
> 2/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap 
> //ishtar/share/CPAN/build-win/Tk-804.025_beta14/Tk/t
> ypemap  Xlib.xs > Xlib.xsc && mv Xlib.xsc Xlib.c
> gcc -c  -I.. -I../pTk/mTk/xlib -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV 
> -fno-strict-aliasing -DUSE
> IMPORTLIB -O2   -DVERSION=\"804.025\" -DXS_VERSION=\"804.025\"  
> "-I/usr/lib/perl
> 5/5.8.2/cygwin-thread-multi-64int/CORE"  -D__WIN32__ -D_WIN32 -Wall 
> -Wno-implici
> t-int -Wno-comment -Wno-unused -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ Xlib.c
> Xlib.xs:13: error: syntax error before '*' token
> Xlib.xs:13: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> Xlib.xs: In function `boot_Tk__Xlib':
> Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> Xlib.xs:378: error: `XlibVtab' undeclared (first use in this function)
> Xlib.xs:378: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> Xlib.xs:378: error: for each function it appears in.)
> Xlib.xs:378: error: syntax error before ')' token
> make[1]: *** [Xlib.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `//ishtar/share/CPAN/build-win/Tk-804.025_beta14/Xlib
> '
> make: *** [subdirs] Error 2
> /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
> ---------
>
> I asked on main list if anyone had successfully built Tk under
> Cygwin...no responses.
>
> I also ran it by the perl-modules list, but since it builds ok
> on non-cygwin platforms, that wasn't helpful either.
>
> If someone else has perl/cpan configed under cygwin, could you
> try dnloading Tk and doing a make and see if it works?
>
> Thanks much for any help...
> Linda
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