configure error in X build - cpp requires -undef

[Tom George]

I got the source via cygwin setup. The version is 1.0.5-1.

Jon TURNEY wrote:
> Tom George wrote:
>> I am trying to build the Cygwin/X following the instructions in the 
>> Cygwin/X Contributors Guide.
>>
>> When I run
>>
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr
>>
>> the last few lines of output are:
> ...
>> checking if /usr/bin/cpp requires -undef... configure: error: 
>> /usr/bin/cpp defines unix with or without -undef.  I don't know what 
>> to do.
>>
>> Any help to get past this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> This means that the X server source you are building didn't have it's 
> ./configure generated with xorg-util-macros with a patch needed for 
> cygwin [1]
>
> The X server source package available via cygwin setup shouldn't have 
> this problem.  What source are you using?
>
> [1] 
> http://cygwin-ports.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cygwin-ports/ports/trunk/xorg/xorg-util-macros/1.1-cpp-undef.patch?view=markup 
>
>
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