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diff --git a/README.MSWindows.txt b/README.MSWindows.txt index 4aefe5b46..2d7740507 100644 --- a/README.MSWindows.txt +++ b/README.MSWindows.txt @@ -240,6 +240,22 @@ linking: ./configure <config flags> LDFLAGS=-Wl,--enable-auto-import :END_ADVANCED +Known Problems: + + There is a known incompatibility with some Windows subversion tools that + may not set the correct line endings for autoconf. If you get strange + error messages when running ./configure or make, you may need to convert + configh.in to "Unix line endings" (LF-only). These error messages are + unspecific, e.g. compilation errors like: + + error: 'U32' does not name a type + error: 'bmibuffer' was not declared in this scope + + You can fix the line endings with the MinGW/msys tool 'unix2dos' (u2d) + or with your favorite editor, if it allows to change the line endings, + then run autoconf and ./configure again. + For further information see this bug report: + http://www.fltk.org/newsgroups.php?gfltk.bugs+v:10197 Building FLTK --------------- @@ -537,7 +553,7 @@ is changed, the corresponding .cxx file will be recompiled. Windows has a flag that determines whether an application runs in the foreground with a console or in the background -without a console. +without a console. If you're using gcc (i.e. MinGW or Cygwin), then use the linker option "-mwindows" to make your application run in |