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On 1/17/2012 1:55 AM, Chris Walters wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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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 it, so I |
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> downloaded the appropriate Mingw64 build files, set up a cross compile account, |
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> with the appropriate paths, variables, etc. Most packages compile correctly |
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> (though it sometimes takes some code hacking - and yes they do run in Win 7), |
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> but there are some I can't seem to get to build properly - usually the ones |
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> that have make files for MS Visual Studio. I have no interest in purchasing |
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> Visual Studio. |
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Just a point of interest: "Visual Studio" doesn't use |
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Makefiles; Visual C++ can import Makefile projects if you |
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ask it to, but it has its own project file format. If you're |
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seeing actual make files (and not, say, a .sln file or |
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.cproj file) then you don't need Studio, just an |
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nmake-compatible version of make. |
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If you do have project and solution files from Visual |
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Studio, they are just MSBuild projects (think "ant for |
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Windows"). I'm pretty sure there are open-source variants of |
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MSBuild, possibly in the Mono project? |
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And of course, Visual C++ Express is free, though you'd need |
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to find somewhere to set it up. |
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> My question is, does anyone know of any good resources (mailing lists, sites, |
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> etc.) on cross compiling on a GNU/Linux platform for a W32/W64 platform? The |
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> searches I've run have directed me to sites that talk about using MSYS and |
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> Mingw on a W32 platform (I don't have all year to build a single package). I |
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> am looking to build GraphicsMagick, and some helpful tools for W64 (though I'd |
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> accept W32, if that's the only way). |
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> Chris |
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