In article <20220731162051.EC1811200E5@fleegle.mixmin.net>,
Igenlode Wordsmith <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote:
...

She tried this, and got the error "The code execution cannot proceed
because libgmp-10.dll was not found" -- and indeed I can't find any such
file within the archive, so presumably it's a dependency that was >unintentionally compiled into the distribution? :-(

I know nothing of Manuel's "personal" version of gawk, but it sounds, from
the above text, that it is a Cygwin compile. (CMIIAW)

Assuming it is, you should just follow my earlier advice. Get Cygwin (full install) installed on your machine (it isn't hard) and then use it to
package up your own ZIP file containing GAWK and all of its dependencies.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm guessing that the undertone here is that you
don't have a Windows machine upon which to set this up and test. My
general sense if that is indeed the case, you'll never be able to
accomplish your goal with confidence; you'll never be able to get your
remote user up and running without having been able to set it up and test
it yourself.

It should not be that hard to get some old version of Windows up and
running in a VM (I use VirtualBox for this). It's really the only way to
be able to do with confidence.

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to defend homophobia and Exodus to plaster the Ten Commandments on
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"ancient laws" that "only applies to Jews".

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On 31 Jul 2022 Kenny McCormack wrote:

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Get Cygwin (full install) installed on your machine (it isn't hard) and
then use it to package up your own ZIP file containing GAWK and all of
its dependencies.

My system doesn't have enough oomph to run Windows natively, let alone
via an emulator layer. (And in consequence I wouldn't have the foggiest
idea how to package up a ZIP file containing dependencies -- I fear you under-estimate the degree of blissful ignorance of Windows in which it
is possible to exist..! I didn't even know that Windows used the
backslash as a directory separator until she sent me a screenshot of her
error message.)

As I mentioned earlier, I'm guessing that the undertone here is that you >don't have a Windows machine upon which to set this up and test. My
general sense if that is indeed the case, you'll never be able to
accomplish your goal with confidence; you'll never be able to get your
remote user up and running without having been able to set it up and test
it yourself.

Tell me about it!

This whole process is like trying to debug a program by dictating the
contents of a set of punched cards by telephone across the continent,
then waiting a week for the next allocated session of computer time
before you have any feedback on what went wrong this time... We shan't
be able to have another go until next weekend, and I don't have any sort
of real-time contact with her; all I can do is send detailed
instructions and try to make them as fool-proof as possible.

I'm having to look all the syntax up from first principles, while
fielding questions like 'what is a path' and 'do I open a script file
with gnu' from someone who has *zero* experience of anything command-line-related and needs to be able to click on things to make
them work.

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On 01.08.2022 11:48, Igenlode Wordsmith wrote:

[...] I fear you
under-estimate the degree of blissful ignorance of Windows in which it
is possible to exist..!

:-)

This whole process is like trying to debug a program by dictating the contents of a set of punched cards by telephone across the continent,
then waiting a week for the next allocated session of computer time
before you have any feedback on what went wrong this time... [...]

Not far from how we worked back in the 1980's. ;-)

You know punch-cards; that lets me make a guess about your engagement
time range with computers. - How did you manage to completely ignore
or avoid WinDOS since decades? - I'm really curious, since management
sooner or later very often seems to force their folks to use it. It's
hard to avoid even if you're on the holy war path of an Unix apologist
or evangelist.

Since it's about Windows I haven't followed this thread too closely.
From what I've seen you probably want a solution with an GNU Awk that
is either statically linked or has just the executable with the two
(or was it three) necessary libraries from the Cygwin package. I went
the second path (quite some time ago), and Bruce seems to have shown
a way for the former path. WRT to the question about the size of the executable; that's hard to say without knowing details. A huge file
may indicate a statically linked executable (with a library layer to
access the Unix or POSIX functions), or a file that is not stripped
from the list of names used for debugging. A small executable might
dynamically access the required libraries. Maybe this Unix subsystem
thing that you may get with newer Windows versions already contains
these libraries? (Just speculating.)

Janis

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El 31/07/2022 a las 18:52, Kenny McCormack escribió:

...

She tried this, and got the error "The code execution cannot proceed
because libgmp-10.dll was not found" -- and indeed I can't find any such
file within the archive, so presumably it's a dependency that was
unintentionally compiled into the distribution? :-(

I know nothing of Manuel's "personal" version of gawk, but it sounds, from the above text, that it is a Cygwin compile. (CMIIAW)

NO. It has been built with MinGW.

Will try to fix the issue.
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In article <03398792-667d-5fb8-e86c-ded9e27ca783@users.sourceforge.net>,
Manuel Collado <m-collado@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

El 31/07/2022 a las 18:52, Kenny McCormack escribi:

...

She tried this, and got the error "The code execution cannot proceed
because libgmp-10.dll was not found" -- and indeed I can't find any such >>> file within the archive, so presumably it's a dependency that was
unintentionally compiled into the distribution? :-(

I know nothing of Manuel's "personal" version of gawk, but it sounds, from >> the above text, that it is a Cygwin compile. (CMIIAW)

NO. It has been built with MinGW.

To me, MinGW and Cygwin are pretty similar/more-or-less-the-same-thing. Different flavors of ice cream...

(Yes, I am perfectly aware that they aren't the same thing, but I hope you
are savvy enough to get what I mean)

And anyway, I'm a big fan of Cygwin, so this is not meant as any sort of criticism.

Will try to fix the issue.

I am sure OP will be happy to hear this.

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If you don't have faith, it's because you are reading the Bible with an
honest, truthful, real-answer seeking heart.

- Rick C Hodgin -

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On 1 Aug 2022 Janis Papanagnou wrote:

On 01.08.2022 11:48, Igenlode Wordsmith wrote:

[...] I fear you
under-estimate the degree of blissful ignorance of Windows in which it
is possible to exist..!

:-)

This whole process is like trying to debug a program by dictating the
contents of a set of punched cards by telephone across the continent,
then waiting a week for the next allocated session of computer time
before you have any feedback on what went wrong this time... [...]

Not far from how we worked back in the 1980's. ;-)

You know punch-cards; that lets me make a guess about your engagement
time range with computers. -

Not quite! It was more the complete lack of interactivity or any
real-time feedback that brought that particular comparison to mind.

How did you manage to completely ignore or avoid WinDOS since decades?
- I'm really curious, since management sooner or later very often
seems to force their folks to use it. It's hard to avoid even if you're
on the holy war path of an Unix apologist or evangelist.

Years of unemployment helps :-p

But I've used the Windows deskop - by analogy - when accessing library catalogues and so on. Ironically I even managed to get a bit of a name
as a 'computer guru' who could help the people whose job it was to use Microsoft software simply because I *hadn't* been taught how to use it rote-fashion, and could therefore poke around looking for the various
options that I assumed ought to be possible from my knowledge of how to
use multiple different applications rather than a single monolithic True
Way.

I've never been near any Windows machine where common or garden users
were allowed to 'install' anything on it, though, let alone touch the
command line (wherever that is located). They have always been strictly
Phone Technical Support and No User-Serviceable Parts.


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