Building wxPython 2.8.6.1 in cygwin

Mark Guagenti wrote:

I recently downloaded the tarball of wxPython 2.8.6.1 <http://2.8.6.1> and was trying to get it to compile in cygwin but get the following error:
/cygdrive/c/wxPython-src-2.8.6.1/bld/bk-deps g++ -c -o basedll_appbase.o -D__WX
MSW__ -I../src/tiff -I../src/jpeg -I../src/png -I../src/zlib -I../src/regex
-I../src/expat/lib -DwxUSE_GUI=0 -DWXMAKINGDLL_BASE -DwxUSE_BASE=1 -D_FILE_OFF
SET_BITS=64 -D_LARGE_FILES -D__WXDEBUG__ -I/cygdrive/c/wxPython- src-2.8.6.1/bld/
lib/wx/include/msw-unicode-debug-2.8 -I../include -mthreads -Wall -Wundef -Wno-c
tor-dtor-privacy -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing ../src/common/appbase.cpp
In file included from ../include/wx/memory.h:16,
                 from ../include/wx/object.h:20,
                 from ../include/wx/list.h:33,
                 from ../src/common/appbase.cpp:31:
../include/wx/string.h:181: error: expected init-declarator before "wxStdString"

../include/wx/string.h:181: error: expected `,' or `;' before "wxStdString"
../include/wx/string.h:714: error: expected `,' or `...' before '&' token
../include/wx/string.h:715: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `wxStdString'
with no type
../include/wx/string.h:715: error: `wxString::wxString(int)' and `wxString::wxSt
ring(int)' cannot be overloaded
../include/wx/string.h: In constructor `wxString::wxString(int)':
../include/wx/string.h:715: error: `s' undeclared (first use this function)
../include/wx/string.h:715: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
once for each function it appears in.)
make: *** [basedll_appbase.o] Error 1

Has anyone seen this error before?

No, but try redoing the configure step with --disable-std_string.

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