Re: Crossbuilding AbiWord for Win32

Robert Staudinger wrote:
> On Jan 9, 2008 2:32 AM, Ryan Pavlik <abiryan@ryand.net> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>
>> Here's the thing that confuses me - I have automake 2.59 and autoconf
>> 1.8.2 already installed and in the MSYS path - it shouldn't have trouble
>> finding them.
>>
>> Any clues?
>>
>
> Sorry, my win32 fu is close to non-existant. However, it indeed looks
> like an environment setup issue.
> Presumably running the commands executed by autogen.sh manually in the
> shell works?
>
> - Rob
>
>
Well, it's because the msys automake wants perl in /bin/perl, whereas I
was using activestate installed outside. Installing the DTK first then
the new automake/autoconf, I get quite a bit farther:
Administrator@GAMMA2KVM /c/src/abitrunk/abi
$ CPPFLAGS="-I/c/src/abitrunk/libs/boost/ -I/c/src/abitrunk/libs/asio/"
./autog
en.sh
+ Entering source dir . ...
+ Running libtoolize --force --copy
You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to
`aclocal.m4'.
MINGW32_NT-5.0
+ Win32 detected, skipping autoheader
automake (GNU automake) 1.8.2
+ Running autoheader ...
+ Creating aclocal.m4: aclocal -I ./plugins/collab -I ./plugins/collab
+ Running automake ...
+ Creating configure...

* warning: possible errors while running automake - check autogen.err

+ Leaving source dir . ...
Running ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode ...
checking build system type... i686-pc-mingw32
checking host system type... i686-pc-mingw32
checking target system type... i686-pc-mingw32
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
./configure: AC_PROG_OBJC: command not found
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ld used by GCC... c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe
checking if the linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) is GNU ld... yes
checking for c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /mingw/bin/nm
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... file_magic ^x86 archive
import| ^x86 DLL
checking for dlltool... dlltool
checking for as... as
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... no
checking dlfcn.h presence... no
checking for dlfcn.h... no
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for g77... no
checking for f77... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
checking for fort77... no
checking for fl32... no
checking for af77... no
checking for f90... no
checking for xlf90... no
checking for pgf90... no
checking for epcf90... no
checking for f95... no
checking for fort... no
checking for xlf95... no
checking for ifc... no
checking for efc... no
checking for pgf95... no
checking for lf95... no
checking for gfortran... no
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
checking whether accepts -g... no
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 8192
checking command to parse /mingw/bin/nm output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc static flag works... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT
checking if gcc PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) supports
shared li braries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking whether the g++ linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) supports
shared li braries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT
checking if g++ PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) supports
shared li braries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT
checking if PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT works... no
checking if supports -c -o file.o... no
checking whether the linker (c:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) supports
shared libra ries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... ./configure:
-print-search-dirs: comm and not found
./configure: -print-search-dirs: command not found
Win32 ld.exe
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for platform and toolkit... win / win
./configure: line 18086: syntax error near unexpected token
`$libgnomeprintui_re q'
./configure: line 18086: ` PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(
$libgnomeprintui_req , '

The autogen.err file referred to:
Administrator@GAMMA2KVM /c/src/abitrunk/abi
$ cat autogen.err
/usr/share/aclocal/autoopts.m4:22: warning: underquoted definition of
AG_PATH_AUTOOPTS
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see
http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending%20aclocal
configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
configure.in: installing `./missing'
Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL'
goffice-bits/Makefile.am: installing `./compile'
goffice-bits/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
configure.in:63: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_OBJC
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.in:215: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR

Information on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated - thanks for
your help!

Ryan

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Ryan Pavlik
www.cleardefinition.com