Subject: RE: Cygwin builds?
From: Tom Newton (tom.newton@convergys.com)
Date: Tue Jul 24 2001 - 11:21:50 CDT
I guess I should reply to this since I originally contributed the patch ;).
The idea of ABI_OPT_CYGWIN_UNIX switch is to build under the cygwin
environment but do a build with the UNIX front end using GTK/GLIB etc that
has been built under cygwin. What you should get out of that build should
essentially look like the linux build, i.e. you'd need an X server to run
the app etc. You shouldn't need Microsofts compiler for that build. I
thought it would be useful in two ways:
1. For developers who wanted to build/run abiword, but who mostly had
access to a windows box, but didn't have Visual C++.
2. For Windows developers who did have Visual C++ but who wanted to check
the behaviour against a UNIX platform without having to reboot their machine
into Linux.
I fell (still fall) into category 1. But unfortunately I have never had
time to maintain this weird "port" of abiword.
I have hacked a bit on the more useful goal of building a native windows app
using gcc with the -mno-cygwin option. I got a fair way, but then got
stumped and had to drop it because of other commitments.
So in summary, you should NOT set this option if you are trying to build a
native Windows variety of Abiword.
Tom
PS I guess it would make sense to get rid of this build option since it's
not being maintained.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Johnson [mailto:dev_randjohnson@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 24 July 2001 02:20
> To: abiword-dev@abisource.com
> Subject: Cygwin builds?
>
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I'm trying to build AW on Windows, in order to help
> debug, using the cygwin stuff -- and I'm getting the
> message "glib-config not found".
>
> I'm building with the make option
> ABI_OPT_CYGWIN_UNIX=1. If I do a make without that
> option, I get an error that cl wasn't found....
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Mike
>
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