STR #14

Status: 4 - Pending

Priority: 3 - Moderate, e.g. unable to compile the software

Scope: 2 - Specific to an operating system

Subsystem: Multiple

Summary: Various Cygwin issues

Version: 1.44rc4

Created By: mike

Assigned To: mike

Fix Version: Unassigned

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mike
11:25 Dec 13, 2004 From newsd.general group posting: > I've managed to compile newsd on the Cygwin platform under Win2K-SP4. It seems to somewhat work (it didn't work on Mozilla/Thunderbird, but worked great on Sylpheed-Claws), but I had to make a few modifications. I'm just a starter, so it's a hand generated thing, sorry. (This is for 1.44rc3, BTW) > > newsd.C: > Added to main() > #ifdef __CYGWIN__ > tzset(); > #endif > > Group.C: > In Group::DateRFC822() replaced the use of tm->tm_gmtoff which is unavailable in Cygwin with the use of _timezone. (#ifdef'd, of course) These can be changes to configure tests; I do something similar with CUPS and HTMLDOC... > Server.C: > Line 952: Added defined(__CYGWIN__) to the list of platforms that use int instead of size_t in accept(). OK, will add...

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