The execinfo.h header file does not exist

Question

I'm using the latest cygwin 1.7.34(0.285/5/3) full version. The issue I came across is that there was no execinfo.h, so a compiler prints error messages about absence of the file. How can I fix that problem? Has someone already faced that issue?

Solution

This header is Linux specific. If the functionality is optional, you should #ifdef __linux__ the #include <execinfo.h> as well as any code chunks requiring backtrace or backtrace_symbols.