Re: [Mingw-users] Getting Gnu Screen to compile under mingw?

[Brian D. <br...@de...>]

kovacs wrote:

> is there any way to compile Gnu Screen with MinGW? If I run a naive
> ./configure, the script dies with
> 
> checking for select
> checking for select with  -lnet -lnsl
> configure: !!! no select - no screen
> 
> I don't know precisely what that means or what else I need to install.
> I'd greatly appreciate any help with this,

What is your goal?  To run native windows apps (i.e. not linked against
msys or cygwin) in screen?  If so, you'll probably be disappointed
because screen uses ptys just like rxvt, so go read all those threads
about rxvt not working with interactive windows console apps.

That aside, screen uses so many unixisms that I seriously doubt you'd
ever be able to compile it with straight mingw -- the corresponding
functions just don't exist in windows.  So you would have to use an
emulation layer like MSYS or Cygwin.  I know for a fact that screen
compiles and works under Cygwin, although I think there are some aspects
of it that still might not be working 100%, probably in the
detach/reattach area.  You should look at the Cygwin packages of screen
(which are not in the official distro but check e.g. Cygwin Ports) to
see what patches and compile options were necessary, as they'd probably
also translate directly over to MSYS.

Brian