Nicolas Calimet wrote:
>>> echo "main(int argc, char* argv) { exit(0); }" > dummy.c
>>> gcc -o dummy dummy.c
>>
>> This runs without complaint.
> 
>     Mmmh this is getting interesting  ;-)
>     Did you run a bash or (t)csh shell for doing this test ?

bash

> It could be that the environment is different than when running
> the libtiff configure (but I don't think it is).
> 
>> gcc version 3.3.3 (cygwin special)
> 
>     Okay, you probably have (one of) the latest cygwin release(s).

Yes, I made sure I updated to the latest Cygwin installation before
reporting the problem with Povray. I later had to downgrade the Cygwin
DLL from 1.5.11 to 1.5.10 because the pthread bug in 1.5.11 broke some
other programs, but that didn't make any difference to Povray.

-- 
Ross Smith ...................... Pharos Systems, Auckland, New Zealand
"Carelessly planned projects take three times longer to complete than
expected. Carefully planned projects take four times longer to
complete than expected, mostly because the planners expect their
planning to reduce the time it takes." -- Anon.

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