[GRASS-user] compiling GRASS with Cygwin and Windows 10

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 11:21 PM, Massi Alvioli <nocharge at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need a bit of help with this Cygwin problem. Since the last Cygwin update
> my GRASS 7.2 gui stopped working with a cryptical Cygwin-related error message:
> ----- --- -- -
> GRASS 7.2.0 (italia):~ > g.gui
> Launching <wxpython> GUI in the background, please wait...
> 0 [main] python2.7 13544 child_info_fork::abort: unable to map
> C:\cygwin64\bin\cygSDL2-2-0-0.dll, Win32 error 1114

--> confusingly it shows a Win32 error while being in cygwin64\ ?

Your configuration is also

./configure \
        --prefix=/home/alvioli/macs/local/grass74_inst \
        --host='x86_64-pc-cygwin' \
...

Was the cygwin update mixing up 32bit and 64bit (just guessing)?

Markus