#556 error configuring NASM using MinGW/MSys

[Mike Morgan]

C:\NASM>sh configure
checking for prefix by checking for nasm... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define EXTENSIONS... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether ln -s works... no, using cp -pR
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking if gcc accepts -W... yes
checking if gcc accepts -Wall... yes
checking if gcc accepts -std=c99... yes
checking if gcc accepts -pedantic... yes
checking for nroff... no
checking for asciidoc... no
checking for xmlto... no
checking for acrodist... no
checking for ps2pdf... ps2pdf
checking for pstopdf... no
configure: WARNING: No acsciidoc package found
configure: WARNING: No xmlto package found
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking limits.h usability... no
checking limits.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: limits.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: limits.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: limits.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: limits.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: limits.h: proceeding with the compiler's result
checking for limits.h... no
configure: error: NASM requires '<limits.h>' to compile</limits.h>

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