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Mike Edenfield wrote: |
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> On 1/17/2012 1:55 AM, Chris Walters wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> |
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>> I have a question about cross compiling in Gentoo - specifically cross |
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>> compiling for W32/W64. I tried their preferred method and didn't like |
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>> it, so I |
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>> downloaded the appropriate Mingw64 build files, set up a cross compile |
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>> account, |
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>> with the appropriate paths, variables, etc. Most packages compile |
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>> correctly |
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>> (though it sometimes takes some code hacking - and yes they do run in |
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>> Win 7), |
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>> but there are some I can't seem to get to build properly - usually the |
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>> ones |
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>> that have make files for MS Visual Studio. I have no interest in |
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>> purchasing |
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>> Visual Studio. |
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> |
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> Just a point of interest: "Visual Studio" doesn't use Makefiles; Visual |
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> C++ can import Makefile projects if you ask it to, but it has its own |
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> project file format. If you're seeing actual make files (and not, say, a |
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> .sln file or .cproj file) then you don't need Studio, just an |
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> nmake-compatible version of make. |
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> |
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> If you do have project and solution files from Visual Studio, they are |
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> just MSBuild projects (think "ant for Windows"). I'm pretty sure there |
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> are open-source variants of MSBuild, possibly in the Mono project? |
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> |
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> And of course, Visual C++ Express is free, though you'd need to find |
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> somewhere to set it up. |
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You don't even need that much; you can just use the Windows SDK to get |
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the compilers. (I don't know if it comes with MSBuild, though) The |
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Windows SDK might work via WINE, dunno. |
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/dlx/en-us/listdetailsview.aspx?FamilyID=6b6c21d2-2006-4afa-9702-529fa782d63b |
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> |
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>> My question is, does anyone know of any good resources (mailing lists, |
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>> sites, |
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>> etc.) on cross compiling on a GNU/Linux platform for a W32/W64 |
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>> platform? The |
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>> searches I've run have directed me to sites that talk about using MSYS |
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>> and |
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>> Mingw on a W32 platform (I don't have all year to build a single |
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>> package). |
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>> I |
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>> am looking to build GraphicsMagick, and some helpful tools for W64 |
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>> (though I'd |
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>> accept W32, if that's the only way). |
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"info gcc" tells me that the install of gcc on my Gentoo box supports |
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the mingw target. "eix mingw" shows me that there are ebuilds for the |
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import libraries, but they're hardmasked on my amd64 system for some reason. |
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