Nicholas, The scripts and setup.hint's are at: http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/XFree86-cygwin-build.tar.bz2 (3 KiB)
Enjoy, Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nicholas Wourms > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:09 PM > To: Harold Hunt > Subject: RE: building xwin packages > > > Harold, > > Before you go, don't forget to post the script :). Thanks in advance and > have a pleasant trip! > > Cheers, > Nicholas > --- Harold Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nicholas, > > > > > Is there anything different which must be done now to cross compile > > that > > > wasn't included in your directions or has changed since you wrote > > them? > > > > I haven't done a cross compile in a couple of months now. I just > > deleted by > > Cygwin cross compiler off of my Linux machine, so I'd have to spend a > > bit of > > time to do a test cross compile right now. I'm a little strapped for > > time > > right now and we're going out of town for the weekend, so it'll have to > > wait > > until next month sometime. > > > > On the other hand, I do recall that if you do not pass the flags > > *exactly* > > as documented the build process will usually bomb at imake. You should > > be > > using the command like so (all on one line, but I wrapped it for > > readability): > > [harold@MyCrossHost std]$ make World > > BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS="-D__CYGWIN__ -Ulinux -DCrossCompiling=1" > > IMAKE_DEFINES="-D__CYGWIN__ -Ulinux" > World.log 2>&1 > > > > Good luck, > > > > Harold > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nicholas Wourms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:09 PM > > > To: Harold L Hunt > > > Subject: Re: building xwin packages > > > > > > > > > Harold, > > > > > > I am quite aware of the the trias involved with building Xfree (I just > > > went trough it a few months ago on OSX ;)). Given that, I was > > attempting > > > to follow the directions on in the contributor's guide regarding > > building > > > Xfree. Unfortunately matters have been complicated twofold, as I am > > quite > > > dissappointed with the performance of compilation on my windows > > machine. > > > Therefore I was setting up a cross-compile environment on my suse 7.3 > > > linux box per your directions. This is where I want to ask a > > question: > > > > > > Is there anything different which must be done now to crosscompile > > that > > > wasn't included in your directions or has changed since you wrote > > them? > > > > > > I will follow the steps below and see if my result is different, but > > for > > > some reason when I followed your directions (before you sent this > > mail) in > > > the howto and double checked my process, the make process bombs out on > > > imake.c, complaining about a "imake.c:395: parse error before `1'". > > From > > > what I see crosscompiling needs different defines? I'm not > > sure...despite > > > that my will is strong and my desire to recompile is kindled by the > > desire > > > to help in testing kde. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Nicholas > > > > > > --- Harold L Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Nicholas, > > > > > > > > Building the XFree86 packages for Cygwin is not for the faint of > > heart. > > > > It > > > > takes possibly many hours (especially for first timers) and there is > > a > > > > lot > > > > that can go wrong. With that in mind, I'll point you to two of the > > > > three > > > > steps for building the packages, and I'll post the packaging script > > > > tonight > > > > when I am on the machine that has it. I had posted the script > > before > > > > but the > > > > machine it was on is no longer accessible, so I'll have to put it > > > > somewhere > > > > else. Be aware that you can start the first two steps and by the > > time > > > > that I > > > > post the packaging script in about 8 hours you still won't have > > built > > > > XFree86... > > > > > > > > 1) Follow the instructions in the Cygwin/XFree86 Contributor's Guide > > for > > > > downloading the source for XFree86 and building it. You'll want to > > grab > > > > the > > > > `xf-4_2-branch' of the source code. I think you would do that with: > > > > > > > > cvs checkout -r xf-4_2-branch xc > > > > > > > > Notice that some of the patches to the latest Xxserv package were > > not > > > > applied > > > > to the xf-4_2-branch (I don't think Alan keeps an xf-4_2-branch tree > > > > around) > > > > so you'll need to grab the default branch and copy the files from > > > > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xwin/ into your 4_2 tree. > > > > > > > > The relevant steps in the Contributor's Guide are here: > > > > > > > > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/cg/prog-build-native.html > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) After building XFree86 you'll need to create the XFree86 > > packages, > > > > which is > > > > very difficult. I've attempted to create a Cygwin-specific version > > of > > > > the > > > > instructions for this at: > > > > > > > > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/cg/prog-distribution.html > > > > > > > > > > > > 3) Now you need to convert the XFree86 packages into Cygwin > > packages. > > > > This is > > > > done with the build.sh script that Ian Burrell wrote and I modified. > > > > I'll > > > > post this later tonight, but the basic idea is that you copy the > > XFree86 > > > > packages into a directory with build.sh, then run the script. It > > takes > > > > about > > > > 5 to 10 minutes on my 1200 Athlon with a pretty quick hard drive, so > > I > > > > wouldn't be surprised if it took up to an hour on older hardware. > > > > > > > > > > > > You'd better be really sure that you actually want to do this before > > you > > > > put > > > > any time into it. There is a reason that XFree86 was not > > installable > > > > via > > > > Cygwin's setup.exe for almost a year after we started using the > > XFree86 > > > > packaging script. > > > > > > > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > > > > Harold > > > > > > > > Nicholas Wourms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > > > > Harold, > > > > > > > > > > How do you build the packages for use with setup.exe? Do you use > > a > > > > script > > > > > or do you do it by hand? If it is a script, would you post it > > please? > > > > > > > > > The reason I ask is because I want to recompile X and add it to my > > > > local > > > > > install directory with upset. Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Nicholas > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! 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