win98 build instructions?

Kervin (kpierre@winnie.fit.edu)
Thu, 08 Apr 1999 18:59:21 -0400

I recently tried to build abiword (latest) on win98. First it kept
complaining that zlib was not found, so I downloaded the zlib source and
unpacked it in the same base dir abi was unpacked. Next it complained
about cc not found, so a sym-linked gcc to cc, next it complain about
libpng not found, then libpng not having a makefile.... (very
frustrated : )

Are there build instructions out there for win98? (I'd be happy to do
them if I could get this stuff to compile)

currently I'm using the linux makefile (scripts/makefile.lnx) to build
libpng. All goes well till ar and as try to build libpng.a. Can someone
explain the win98 build procedure for me

[....]
//D/CYGNUS/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/i586-cygwin32/bin/as.exe: bfd assertion
fail /home/
noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/bfd/coff-i386.c:479
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\cc3cuWfa.s:643: Error: Cannot represent relocation type
BFD_RELO
C_386_GOTPC
//D/CYGNUS/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/i586-cygwin32/bin/as.exe: bfd assertion
fail /home/
noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/bfd/coff-i386.c:479
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\cc3cuWfa.s:734: Error: Cannot represent relocation type
BFD_RELO
C_386_GOTPC
//D/CYGNUS/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/i586-cygwin32/bin/as.exe: bfd assertion
fail /home/
noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/bfd/coff-i386.c:479
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\cc3cuWfa.s:784: Error: Cannot represent relocation type
BFD_RELO
C_386_GOTPC
//D/CYGNUS/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/i586-cygwin32/bin/as.exe: bfd assertion
fail /home/
noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/bfd/coff-i386.c:479
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\cc3cuWfa.s:805: Error: Cannot represent relocation type
BFD_RELO
C_386_GOTPC
//D/CYGNUS/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/i586-cygwin32/bin/as.exe: bfd assertion
fail /home/
noer/src/b20/comp-tools/devo/bfd/coff-i386.c:479
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\cc3cuWfa.s:829: Error: Cannot represent relocation type
BFD_RELO
C_386_GOTPC
make[3]: *** [png.pic.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_LIBPNG_] Error 2
make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
make: *** [build] Error 2

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