Thanks for the help Dan - much appreciated. If I have no joy on windows normally, I'll give cygwin a try.
2009/12/15 Dan Clemmensen <[email protected]> > it runs "only on Cygwin," but nothing prevents you from running a > classical windows batch file to execute a cygwin program from a > windows command window or other launcher. > > Again: you might want to wait for a reply from someone who has > actually made this work. > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:49 AM, ALEX HUNTLEY <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Dan > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > If I compile on cygwin then does that mean the binary will only run on > > cygwin? I really want to run as a normal windows app, like the old binary > > distribution of GHDL. > > > > Cheers > > > > Alex > > > > 2009/12/15 Dan Clemmensen <[email protected]> > >> > >> I'm a Linux guy, so I'm not sure this will work, but in general Cygwin > >> is a lot closer > >> to a "real" POSIX environment (and specifically "linux-like" > environment) > >> than > >> is mingw. I do use Cygwin, but I have not tried to build GHDL. > >> http://www.cygwin.com > >> Cygwin is trivial to install, but theGHDL makefile may need packages > >> (e.g., ADA) > >> that are not installed by default. > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:32 AM, ALEX HUNTLEY < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hello everybody peeps > >> > > >> > I've been really scratching my head trying to compile the latest GHDL > >> > source > >> > code for windows. I've looked at Tristan's instructions and tried to > >> > follow > >> > them. I get stuck at the ./configure bit. This obviously doesn't work > in > >> > windows (as it's a bash script) so I tried downloading mingw and msys. > I > >> > couldn't get anything to run there - msys just flashed up for a > fraction > >> > of > >> > a second and then crashed. > >> > > >> > So I then tried just taking all of the gcc sources and ghdl sources > and > >> > compiling them directly with gnatmake (actually using gps) - I got > loads > >> > of > >> > errors about duplicate files but even after sorting that out I still > >> > ended > >> > up with errors because things weren't defined. > >> > > >> > I'm really a hardware rather than a software person so this is all a > bit > >> > alien but I'd really appreciate it anybody might be able to point me > in > >> > the > >> > right direction. > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > > >> > Alex > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Ghdl-discuss mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/ghdl-discuss > >> > > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ghdl-discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/ghdl-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ghdl-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/ghdl-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ghdl-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/ghdl-discuss >
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