Re: Cygwin build

[Joe R <vinnyjojo at yahoo dot com>]

I started looking at the configure.in a bit, and gave up on it because
it was so out of date.

The tcl/tk libs I used were the Cygwin installs - v. 8.0 or something
(not sure, really).  I figured that this was what most people would
use, assuming most people wouldn't update those libs from source unless
they absolutely had to.

And, I'd be interested in hearing how you got it going, too.  I managed
to compile and install using Cygwin, but ran into problems with the tk
configure paths and haven't had enough time to figure them out (work is
in the way, as usual :( )  


-joe


--- Hans Ronne <hronne@telia.com> wrote:
> >Two things. 1) If I run autoconf, the configure file stops detecting
> >cygwin. Is the configure.in in sync with the configure script?
> 
> I have no idea. It's a safe bet that things have changed since
> configure.in
> was last updated (two years ago).
> 
> >2) I've managed to compile and execute a cygwin version using
> tcl8.4.1 in
> >debug mode, The initial screen and New Game Selection shows up with
> no
> >problems, but thungs gi downhill from there.  On the next screen, I
> get an
> >application error and no checkboxes.  The application error is:
> >
> >ambiguous option "-pad": must be -column, -columnspan, -in, -ipadx,
> >-ipady, -padx, -pady, -row, -rowspan, or -sticky
> >ambiguous option "-pad": must be -column, -columnspan, -in, -ipadx,
> >-ipady, -padx, -pady, -row, -rowspan, or -sticky
> >    while executing
> >"grid .newgame.top.checks.v$col1 .newgame.top.checks.v$col2  -sticky
> w
> >-pad 10"
> 
> This must be a change in tcl.8.4.1. The -pad option works fine in
> tcl8.3.4,
> which is the currently supported tcl version for xconq. As I can see
> it you
> have two options:
> 
> 1. Downgrade to tcl8.3.4 (or 8.3.5).
> 2. Try to hack tkconq.tcl so that it works with tcl8.4.1.
> 
> The easy path is of course to downgrade, but if you want to give
> 8.4.1 a
> try, please go ahaed. We need to update tkconq.tcl for tcl8.4
> compatibility
> sooner or later. I bet there are other problems lurking in there,
> though.
> 
> Hans
> 
> P.S. The fact that you were able to build xconq for cygwin, and also
> launch
> the app is good news in itself. Perhaps you could provide som details
> on
> how you did it? Did you have to move any of the files after building
> the
> app, and in that case where?
> 
> 
> 


__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site
http://webhosting.yahoo.com