Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Where is -lsocket?

[dE]

On 02/16/15 14:16, Nagaev Boris wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 8:10 AM, dE <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On 02/16/15 02:35, Nagaev Boris wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 3:33 PM, dE <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > I was trying to compile adns on mingw32 build on Linux when I came across
> > > > the following --
> > > >
> > > > AR="/home/de/mxe/usr/bin/i686-pc-mingw32-ar"
> > > > RANLIB="/home/de/mxe/usr/bin/i686-pc-mingw32-ranlib"
> > > > CC="/home/de/mxe/usr/bin/i686-pc-mingw32-gcc-4.8.1" ./configure --host
> > > > mingw32
> > > > checking whether you requested dynamic linking... yes, by default
> > > > checking for mingw32-gcc...
> > > > /home/de/mxe/usr/bin/i686-pc-mingw32-gcc-4.8.1
> > > > checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> > > > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
> > > > checking for suffix of executables... .exe
> > > > checking whether we are cross compiling... yes
> > > > checking for suffix of object files... o
> > > > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> > > > checking whether /home/de/mxe/usr/bin/i686-pc-mingw32-gcc-4.8.1 accepts
> > > > -g... yes
> > > > checking for /home/de/mxe/usr/bin/i686-pc-mingw32-gcc-4.8.1 option to
> > > > accept
> > > > ISO C89... none needed
> > > > checking how to run the C preprocessor...
> > > > /home/de/mxe/usr/bin/i686-pc-mingw32-gcc-4.8.1 -E
> > > > checking for mingw32-ranlib...
> > > > /home/de/mxe/usr/bin/i686-pc-mingw32-ranlib
> > > > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > > > checking for poll... no
> > > > checking for socket... no
> > > > checking for socket in -lsocket... no
> > > > configure: error: cannot find library function socket
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help!
> > > Try to replace "--host mingw32" with "--host i686-pc-mingw32". Follow
> > > tutorial steps 4 and 5a http://mxe.cc/#tutorial
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Boris Nagaev
> >
> > PATH="/home/de/mxe/usr/bin:$PATH" ./configure --host i686-pc-mingw32
> > --disable-dynamic --enable-static
> > configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-static
> > checking whether you requested dynamic linking... no
> > checking for i686-pc-mingw32-gcc... i686-pc-mingw32-gcc
> > checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
> > checking for suffix of executables... .exe
> > checking whether we are cross compiling... yes
> > checking for suffix of object files... o
> > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> > checking whether i686-pc-mingw32-gcc accepts -g... yes
> > checking for i686-pc-mingw32-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> > checking how to run the C preprocessor... i686-pc-mingw32-gcc -E
> > checking for i686-pc-mingw32-ranlib... i686-pc-mingw32-ranlib
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > checking for poll... no
> > checking for socket... no
> > checking for socket in -lsocket... no
> > configure: error: cannot find library function socket
> >
> > Corresponding parts of configure
> >
> >   ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "socket" "ac_cv_func_socket"
> > if test "x$ac_cv_func_socket" = xyes; then :
> >
> > else
> >
> >    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for socket in -lsocket"
> > > &5
> > $as_echo_n "checking for socket in -lsocket... " >&6; }
> > if ${ac_cv_lib_socket_socket+:} false; then :
> >    $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
> > else
> >    ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
> > LIBS="-lsocket  $LIBS"
> > cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
> > /* end confdefs.h.  */
> >
> > /* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
> >     Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
> >     builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
> > #ifdef __cplusplus
> > extern "C"
> > #endif
> > char socket ();
> > int
> > main ()
> > {
> > return socket ();
> >    ;
> >    return 0;
> > }
> > _ACEOF
> > if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
> >    ac_cv_lib_socket_socket=yes
> > else
> >    ac_cv_lib_socket_socket=no
> > fi
> > rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
> >      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
> > LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
> > fi
> > { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_socket_socket"
> > > &5
> > $as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_socket_socket" >&6; }
> > if test "x$ac_cv_lib_socket_socket" = xyes; then :
> >    cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
> > #define HAVE_LIBSOCKET 1
> > _ACEOF
> >
> >    LIBS="-lsocket $LIBS"
> >
> > else
> >
> >      as_fn_error $? "cannot find library function socket" "$LINENO" 5
> >
> > fi
> This library doesn't try to use Windows's socket implementation:
> header winsock.h and library wsock32 or header winsock2.h and library
> ws2_32.
>
> I've changed file "configure" to use winsock.h and wsock32, getting
> the following error messages:
>
> checking for socket in -lwsock32... yes
> checking for inet_ntoa... no
> checking for inet_ntoa in -lnsl... no
> configure: error: cannot find library function inet_ntoa
>
> Next problem is function inet_ntoa and so on. This library seems not
> ported to Windows.
>
> Best regards,
> Boris Nagaev

Then my option is to contact the dev.

Hope the project is active.

Thanks for the response!