Just putting it here for reference:
JP and I are trying Cygwin with 5.5.rc0 and various spkgs listed at
http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/wiki/CygwinPort and #6743.
Currently all seems to be well for him on Win 7, I'm having issues
with cvxopt but otherwise ok on spkgs.
However, here is a new error on XP. JP, have you seen this? Maybe a
missing dependency in module_list.py for #7797, but that patch already
includes singular, so I'm not sure what other parts would be missing.
Executing 327 commands (using 1 thread)
gcc -I/usr/include/ncurses -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -g -
fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I/home/newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/
local/include/singular/ -I/home/newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/local/include
-I/home/newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/local/include/csage -I/home/
newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/devel/sage/sage/ext -I/home/newsagetest/
sage-5.5.rc0/local/include/python2.7 -c sage/algebras/letterplace/
free_algebra_letterplace.cpp -o build/temp.cygwin-1.7.9-i686-2.7/sage/
algebras/letterplace/free_algebra_letterplace.o -w
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid
for Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
g++ -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -L/home/newsagetest/
sage-5.5.rc0/local/lib build/temp.cygwin-1.7.9-i686-2.7/sage/algebras/
letterplace/free_algebra_letterplace.o -L/home/newsagetest/
sage-5.5.rc0/local/lib -L/home/newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/local/lib/
python2.7/config -lcsage -lstdc++ -lntl -lpython2.7 -o build/
lib.cygwin-1.7.9-i686-2.7/sage/algebras/letterplace/
free_algebra_letterplace.dll
build/temp.cygwin-1.7.9-i686-2.7/sage/algebras/letterplace/
free_algebra_letterplace.o: In function
`__static_initialization_and_destruction_0':
/home/newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/local/include/factory/factory.h:199:
undefined reference to `initCanonicalForm()'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'g++' failed with exit status 1
gcc -I/usr/include/ncurses -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -g -
fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I/home/newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/
local/include/singular/ -I/home/newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/local/include
-I/home/newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/local/include/csage -I/home/
newsagetest/sage-5.5.rc0/devel/sage/sage/ext -I/home/newsagetest/
sage-5.5.rc0/local/include/python2.7 -c sage/algebras/letterplace/
free_algebra_element_letterplace.cpp -o build/temp.cygwin-1.7.9-
i686-2.7/sage/algebras/letterplace/free_algebra_element_letterplace.o -
w
Error installing modified sage library code.