From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [patch] Fix expect build under cygwin + Tcl/Tk 8.3
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:58:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020715193502.GE16831@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0207151143200.16420-100000@makita.cygnus.com>
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 11:49:40AM -0700, Keith Seitz wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> Again, expect is not supposed to be using the windows version of
>> anything. It is supposed to be using the cygwin/unix version.
>
>And this is the confusing part. There are actually TWO versions of tcl
>that are built for cygwin.
>
>One attempts to be windows, using windows-style pathnames.
>::tcl_platform(platform) is "windows". The other attempts to be unixy. It
>has unix pathnames (afair) and ::tcl_platform(platform) is "unix".
>
>The former is the "real" tcl/tk for cygwin. Insight uses this DLL and
>import lib.
>
>Expect, however, uses the latter DLL. AFAICT, expect is the only client
>for this special DLL, and it is why we cannot disable builds in tcl/unix
>for cygwin hosts.
It's not supposed to be a dll. It is supposed to be a static library and
it is only supposed to be linked with expect. It isn't even supposed to
be installed.
cgf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-15 19:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-15 3:06 Mo DeJong
2002-07-15 11:05 ` Christopher Faylor
2002-07-15 12:00 ` Keith Seitz
2002-07-15 12:58 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2002-07-15 13:09 ` Keith Seitz
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-07-15 16:34 Mo DeJong
2002-07-29 20:33 ` Christopher Faylor
2002-05-15 15:18 [patch] Fix expect build under Cygwin " Mo DeJong
2002-05-16 10:58 ` [patch] Fix expect build under cygwin " Christopher Faylor
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