[Coco] Building lwtools and HG NitrOS-9 or NOT was ack

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 05 June 2013 10:08:51 Robert Gault did opine:

> Yuck, let's use meaningful subject lines, please!
> 
> I finally got the latest lwtools to compile under WinXP using mingw and
> msys. I did need to add carriage returns to the last lines of some
> source code files.
> 
> Unfortunately even having the latest lwtools, it is impossible to
> compile the latest pure clone of HG NitrOS-9. For example even the
> simplest of attempts on the LIB directory fails.
> 
> make: Circular sys6809l1.c <- sys6809l1.l dependency dropped.
> make: Circular sys6809l2.c <- sys6809l2.l dependency dropped.
> make: Circular sys6309l2.c <- sys6309l2.l dependency dropped.

Neither of those files exists, anyplace on my system.  So this HAS to be a 
winderz problem.

> make: Circular net.c <- net.l dependency dropped.
> cd alib; make
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nitros9/lib/alib'
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `stimestr.r', needed by `../alib.l'.
>  Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nitros9/lib/alib'
> make: *** [alib.l] Error 2
> 
> Where the heck did the references to .c files come from as they don't
> exist in the repository?
> 
> 
> I've tried using pure mingw and mingw+msys. I see that someone seems to
> have been able to use cygwin, which I've tried, but have been unable to
> find any cygwin command that functions with the makefile.
> 
> Can anyone post a simple set of instructions that permits compiling
> NitrOS-9 under a Windows system?
> 
> Robert
> 
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