(Bob, don't you build on Win95? Can you help?)
-->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
Eric W. Sink, Software Craftsman eric@abisource.com