[m-users.] Problem compiling 14.01.1 on 64 bit Cygwin

[Paul Bone]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 09:35:40AM +1100, Julien Fischer wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Peter Chapin wrote:
>
>> I previously tried to compile 14.01 on 64 bit Cygwin and encountered an 
>> error in the Boehm GC related to 64 bit targets. I posted to this list 
>> and was told there was an issue building Boehm for 64 bits but that 
>> there was an upstream fix that would make its way into Mercury at the 
>> next release.
>>

...

>>
>> So I guess 64 bit Cygwin is not supported yet? Or am I missing a  
>> configuration option that I should be used (I ran configure with no  
>> arguments).
>
> 14.01.1 is still using the same verison of the Boehm GC as 14.01, so the
> issue with 64-bit Cygwin is still the collector.
> (We generally don't upgrade the Boehm GC  on stable release branches.)
>

Hi Peter,

I'm sorry that this currently inconveniences you.  it's something I've been
working on lately so you can look forward to a fix.

Thanks.


-- 
Paul Bone