Re: [Bug-GnuCOBOL] Incomplete package

[Simon Sobisch]

Hi Wouter Magré and welcome to GnuCOBOL,

Am 04.06.2018 um 09:54 schrieb Prive quicknet:
> Hello,
> 
> First I pick some packages with Cygwin Setup, among  them db: Oracle
> Berkelet DB version 5.3.28-2.
> [...]
> Next I try to configure with as result:
> [... Berkeley DB db.h is missing]

Yes, README says

    NOTE
    For all the following packages (required or optional),
    BOTH runtime AND development components are necessary.

In the case of cygwin: check for the "-dev" package and it should work.

> When I try configure –without-db I don’t get an error message.

This means the other packages are all available.

> 
> After *make* and *make check* I get
> [... test 586 unexpected failure]

Yes, this single test is known to fail if no ISAM is available - it is
just a false positive. This issue will be solved with RC2.

> Wouter Magré
Note: If you just want to use GnuCOBOL and not the complete cygwin
environment I suggest to use the ready-to-use MinGW packages published
by Arnold Trembley.
If you already use Cygwin for other things (or plan to do so, or plan to
adjust the GnuCOBOL internal sources) it is fine to stay with Cygwin.

Simon