Re: Compiling dbghelp with MinGW
Francois Gouget a écrit : > On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Eric Pouech wrote: > [...] > >>> 1) #ifdef-out regexp support if regex.h is missing? Maybe with an >>> autoconf check for regcomp()? >>> 2) Add some reg*() stubs that do nothing if regex.h & co are missing? >>> > [...] > >> 1,2) most of the dbghelp code will be of no use if no regex support is >> present >> > > It still feels wrong for Wine to fail compiling just because a regular > expression library is missing. If we can compile Wine without X we > should be able to compile it without a regular expression library. > I'd rather say a system without regex support is broken. even macos seems to have it ;-) but I agree the configure output should be clearer about this dependancy A+ -- Eric Pouech "The problem with designing something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of a complete idiot." (Douglas Adams)
Re: Compiling dbghelp with MinGW
On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Eric Pouech wrote: [...] > > 1) #ifdef-out regexp support if regex.h is missing? Maybe with an > > autoconf check for regcomp()? > > 2) Add some reg*() stubs that do nothing if regex.h & co are missing? [...] > 1,2) most of the dbghelp code will be of no use if no regex support is present It still feels wrong for Wine to fail compiling just because a regular expression library is missing. If we can compile Wine without X we should be able to compile it without a regular expression library. [...] > *** new option *** 5) use a regex lib for mingw... that work(ed) just fine > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=73286&release_id=140957 I will install it. It would be nice if they had a Debian package for it. -- Francois Gouget http://fgouget.free.fr/ The software said it requires Win95 or better, so I installed Linux.
Re: Compiling dbghelp with MinGW
Francois Gouget a écrit : > When I compile Wine with MinGW, the first error I get is in > dlls/dbghelp/source.c. Yet it seems to me that there is no fundamental > reason that would prevent dbghelp from working on Windows (i.e. it's not > in the 'ntdll' category). > > So the error is that although MinGW does not have regex.h and > HAVE_REGEX_H is not set, we still use regex_t in many places and call > the corresponding functions: regcomp(), regexec() and regfree(). > > So how should we handle this? > > 1) #ifdef-out regexp support if regex.h is missing? Maybe with > an autoconf check for regcomp()? > 2) Add some reg*() stubs that do nothing if regex.h & co are missing? > 3) Use some Windows API that provides regular expression support? Is > there one? Is it implemented already? > 4) Reimplement regular expression support straight in dbghelp? Maybe by > importing some c files from another project with a compatible > license? > > 1,2) most of the dbghelp code will be of no use if no regex support is present 3) doesn't exist to my knowledge 4) I don't see a reason to clutter wine's code with that *** new option *** 5) use a regex lib for mingw... that work(ed) just fine http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=73286&release_id=140957 we could be a bit more verbose in mingw configuration for this case A+ -- Eric Pouech "The problem with designing something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of a complete idiot." (Douglas Adams)
