Re: [Mingw-msys] uname function in MSYS

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Damon Register
<dam...@lm...> wrote:
> I am attempting to compile gnu-ghostscript using mingw-msys.  The configure part
> was fairly easy but make dies with a error about not finding sys/utsname.h.  I see
> that this is needed because one module uses the uname() function.  So far I haven't
> found the header file though I have found the function exists within msys-1.0.dll.
>  From http://www.mingw.org/wiki/HOWTO_Create_an_MSYS_Build_Environment
> I see that this is where I might expect to find uname.
>
> I downloaded some source for msysCORE  and I see the file uname.cc and sys/utsname.h
> What I don't see is how I can have a mingw built app use this function.  Am I correct
> in thinking that this header and function are not available to use from within a
> standard (not built by me) mingw-msys environment?  What do I have to do to be
> able to use uname?
>

This really belongs in mingw-users list.  You need to port your
application to Windows such that it isn't requiring these POSIX
functions.  I know ghostscript is available for Windows so perhaps the
configure just needs to enable/disable some macro.

The documentation you point to is providing you a means to create an
environment to develop MSYS and creating applications that use the
msys-1.0.dll which is a POSIX runtime.  I don't think that is what you
are trying to accomplish.

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