b20.1 gdb source configure problem: missing wctype()

Mon Dec 28 03:11:00 GMT 1998

N8TM@aol.com writes>
>> I've been attempting to rebuild b20.1 on W95, in hopes of tracking down the
> crashes in make.exe and expect.exe. I replaced make.exe temporarily with a
> copy of make-3.77 build under B19. 

I tried that but it did not seem to help any.
> The configuration in gdb expects a function wctype() to be supplied, which
> doesn't appear to exist anywhere. Forcing the selection of the 3rd
> conditional block of code, which doesn't use __wctype() or wctype() appears to
> permit the build to continue. Is there a better solution?

I don't know if there is a better solution but your solution happened
transparently for me through the configure process. 'gdb' seems to
work OK. The 'gdb' supplied with B20.1 seems to work OK also.
-glenn
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 Glenn Spell <glenn@gs.fay.nc.us>
 Fayetteville, North Carolina, U. S. A.
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