[bug-libsigsegv] windows build hangs

[Sam Steingold]

both 2.9 & 2.10; configured both in a separate directory and in the top
level with
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$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/src/top-mingw CC='gcc -mno-cygwin' 
--build=i386-pc-mingw32

Build Tools:
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc -mno-cygwin
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... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc -mno-cygwin accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc -mno-cygwin option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc -mno-cygwin... none
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -mno-cygwin -E
checking build system type... i386-pc-mingw32
checking host system type... i386-pc-mingw32
checking host platform... i386-pc-mingw32
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc -mno-cygwin... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/bin/ld.exe
checking if the linker (/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/bin/ld.exe) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 8192
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert i386-pc-mingw32 file names to i386-pc-mingw32 format...
func_convert_file_msys_to_w32
checking how to convert i386-pc-mingw32 file names to toolchain format... func_c
onvert_file_msys_to_w32
checking for /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/bin/ld.exe option to reload object files... -r

checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... file_magic ^x86 archive import|
^x86 DLL
checking for dlltool... dlltool
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... func_cygming_dll_for_imp
lib
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc -mno-cygwin object... o
k
checking for sysroot... no
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... no
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc -mno-cygwin supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc -mno-cygwin option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC
checking if gcc -mno-cygwin PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc -mno-cygwin static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc -mno-cygwin supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc -mno-cygwin supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc -mno-cygwin linker (/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/bin/ld.exe) su
pports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes

Optional Platform Environment:
checking sys/signal.h usability... no
checking sys/signal.h presence... no
checking for sys/signal.h... no
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for getpagesize... yes
checking for sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)... no
checking for PAGESIZE in limits.h... no
checking for mmap with MAP_ANON... no
checking for mmap with MAP_ANONYMOUS... no
checking for mmap of /dev/zero... no
checking whether a fault handler according to POSIX works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to Linux/i386 works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to old Linux/i386 works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to Linux/m68k works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to Linux/PowerPC works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to Linux/HPPA works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to BSD works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to IRIX works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to HP-UX HPPA works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to OSF/1 Alpha works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to NetBSD Alpha works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to AIX works... no
checking whether a fault handler according to MacOSX/Darwin7 PowerPC works... no

checking whether a fault handler according to MacOSX/Darwin5 PowerPC works... no

checking whether a fault handler according to Hurd works... no
checking for the fault handler specifics... fault-win32.h
checking if the system supports catching SIGSEGV... yes
checking for stack direction... grows down
checking for PIOCMAP in sys/procfs.h... no
checking for mincore... no
checking for getrlimit... no
checking for setrlimit... no
checking for sigaltstack... no
checking for working sigaltstack... no
checking whether a signal handler can be left through longjmp... no
checking whether a signal handler can be left through longjmp and sigaltstack...
 no
checking whether a signal handler can be left through longjmp and setcontext...
no
checking whether a signal handler can be left through siglongjmp... no
checking whether a signal handler can be left through siglongjmp and sigaltstack
... no
checking whether a signal handler can be left through siglongjmp and setcontext.
.. no
checking if the system supports catching stack overflow... yes
checking for uintptr_t... yes

Build Parameters:
checking whether to activate relocatable installation... no

Output Substitution:
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating src/sigsegv.h
config.status: creating tests/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands

Now please type 'make' to compile. Good luck.

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build process hangs forever:
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$ make
make TARGETSTACK=" all" all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/sds/src/libsigsegv-2.9'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/sds/src/libsigsegv-2.9/src'
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
 -I.. -I. -I.    -g -O2 -c -o handler.lo handler.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c ha
ndler.c -o handler.o
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
 -I.. -I. -I.    -g -O2 -c -o stackvma.lo stackvma.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c st
ackvma.c -o stackvma.o
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
 -I.. -I. -I.    -g -O2 -c -o leave.lo leave.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c le
ave.c -o leave.o
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
 -I.. -I. -I.    -g -O2 -c -o dispatcher.lo dispatcher.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c di
spatcher.c -o dispatcher.o
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
 -I.. -I. -I.    -g -O2 -c -o version.lo version.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -mno-cygwin -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c ve
rsion.c -o version.o
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc -mno-cygwin  -g -O2 -rpath /cygdri
ve/c/sds/src/top-mingw/lib -version-info 2:2:0 -lc -no-undefined  -o libsigsegv.
la -rpath /cygdrive/c/sds/src/top-mingw/lib handler.lo stackvma.lo leave.lo disp
atcher.lo version.lo
make[2]: *** [libsigsegv.la] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Interrupt
make: *** [all] Interrupt
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