Re: mingw windows build

Mihai Preda wrote:

>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm doing a MinGW/msys build of abiword from a fresh CVS anoncvs
> checkout. I have checked-out these: abi abidistfiles expat fribidi
> libiconv libpng wv zlib.
>
> My build procedure is:
>
> cd /c/abiword/abi
> make
>
> But at some point I get this error:
>
> make[5]: Entering directory `/c/abiword/wv'
> make[5]: Makefile.abi: No such file or directory
> make[5]: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.abi'. Stop.
> make[5]: Leaving directory `/c/abiword/wv'
> make[4]: *** [_LIBWV_] Error 2
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/c/abiword/abi/src/config/require/win'
> make[3]: *** [build] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/c/abiword/abi/src/config/require'
> make[2]: *** [build] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/c/abiword/abi/src/config'
> make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/abiword/abi/src'
>
> The missing file, wv/Makefile.abi, was removed from CVS.
>
> What should I do in this situation: add back the Makefile.abi from the
> Attic? or is there a different build procedure that I should use with
> MinGW?
>
> Thanks,
> Mihai Preda
>
>
I have been working on more elaborate, clear build documentation for
building AbiWord (and plugins and installers) on Win32 using
MSYS/MinGW. My preliminary work is available at
http://www.abisource.com/~rp , and it should cover pretty much every
step of the way. Please let me know if you find any innaccuracies with
it - it worked for me and is more or less the steps taken by me for the
2.3.4 build and later, and derived from the steps taken for 2.2.x.

Ryan
Received on Thu Aug 4 20:42:50 2005