Re: [Plib-users] my plib build attempt is failing

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Jon Berndt wrote:
> 
> I am trying to build plib for FlightGear but my build is failing with a
> message that mmsystem.h is not found. I have the latest full cygwin
> installed, but mmsystem.h is not there, either. Any hints on what I can do?

<sigh>

This has happened before - the problem is that mmsystem.h described
critical OS structures and stuff for Windoze - but Microsoft - being
such *NICE* people only ship it with their own compilers.

I thought that the Cygwin guys had fixed their release to contain
a clone of mmsystem.h - but that's evidently not true or else you
wouldn't have a problem.

I have *heard* that one fix is to steal a copy of that file from
the 'WINE' project.  WINE is a suite of freeware libraries that
allow Windoze programs to run under Linux (and other) OS's.  As
such, I've heard that it comes with a copy of mmsystem.h

However, I'm sure there are other people who will tell you other
solutions.  I bet that quite a few people illegally copied mmsystem.h
from other people who own MSVC.  If so, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT!

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