From 87968453dda533a21a4a8dccd2c573cd16c40695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Turney Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 22:22:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Cygwin: FAQ: Mention configure options to build with reduced dependencies --- winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml index 632d1a173..a24b781cf 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml @@ -679,14 +679,21 @@ rewriting the runtime library in question from specs... installed; you at least need gcc-g++, make, automake, autoconf, git, perl, -gettext-devel, libiconv-devel -zlib-devel, cocom and patch. +cocom and patch. -Building for 64-bit Cygwin also requires -mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++ and -mingw64-x86_64-zlib. +Additionally, building the dumper utility requires +gettext-devel, libiconv-devel +zlib-devel. + + + +Building those Cygwin utilities which are not themselves Cygwin programs +(e.g. cygcheck and strace) also requires +mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++ and mingw64-x86_64-zlib. +Building these programs can be disabled with the --without-cross-bootstrap +option to configure.