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RE: Newby porting questions


Hello Rob,

> I tried compiling it and it seems to not be able to find a number of
> standard headers, e.g. stdarg.h.  I am also getting upon linking error
> messages relating to various Xm widgets that it can't find.  I did
> install the LessTif package, and tried to hack my Imake.h file to
> point to the right locations.
Is there a configure script you might want to run before making? (Something
called configure or configure.pl, or something similar). Usually, ofr
packages meant to be portable, the installation procedure starts with
"./configure"
Otherwise, you will have some porting to do, and I don't know of any manual
to help you with that. Personally, I usually use the autotools (autoconf,
automake and partners) to figure out what needs replacing, and make a
replacement library, but there are different approaches to this.
As for the stdarg header: it's not in the "normal" Cygwin setup, but
using -mno-cygwin will make the compiler find it, though you loose the POSIX
emulation layer - so that probably won't help you. Otherwise, see what it
needs from the header and find out where it is - most of it should be there.

> Are there any porters tutorials anywhere on the web?
None that I know of.

> Also, if anyone is interested, I can send the output from "make
> build".
I don't see any immediate use for this.

Greetz! & Good luck!

Ronald


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