Re: Support for VC++ toolchain (was Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.)

2006-11-28 Thread Howard Chu
Benoit Sigoure wrote: No sorry, this was necessary. MSYS isn't enough, and using it wouldn't have enabled me to do what I do now. The shell still removes unecessary backslashes and MSYS can't automagically handles things such as: gcc -I/home/build/... (which needs to be rewritten in -IC:/cygw

Re: Support for VC++ toolchain (was Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.)

2006-11-28 Thread Benoit Sigoure
Quoting Howard Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Benoit Sigoure wrote: Quoting Benoit Sigoure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [SNIP, see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2006-11/msg00018.html] Hello folks, I think I finally succeeded: I can now build any UNIX program as long as its code is portable on

Re: Support for VC++ toolchain (was Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.)

2006-11-28 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Benoit, * Benoit Sigoure wrote on Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 12:54:09PM CET: > > Now the question is: would consider support for VC++ in libtool? This would > imply doing something similar to what wgcc does, that is: rewritting all the > arguments (-I's, -D's etc) for VC++. I can (try to) contrib

Re: Support for VC++ toolchain (was Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.)

2006-11-28 Thread Howard Chu
Benoit Sigoure wrote: Quoting Benoit Sigoure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [SNIP, see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2006-11/msg00018.html] Hello folks, I think I finally succeeded: I can now build any UNIX program as long as its code is portable on Windows with both mingw-gcc toolchain

Support for VC++ toolchain (was Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.)

2006-11-28 Thread Benoit Sigoure
Quoting Benoit Sigoure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [SNIP, see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2006-11/msg00018.html] Hello folks, I think I finally succeeded: I can now build any UNIX program as long as its code is portable on Windows with both mingw-gcc toolchain and MS VC++. I thought th

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Bob Rossi on 11/15/2006 6:51 AM: >> cross-compiling them from cygwin. Or consider making your project depend >> on cygwin in the first place; since cygwin tends to be the more POSIX-like >> environment, the port from Unix to cygwin is eas

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-15 Thread Bob Rossi
> cross-compiling them from cygwin. Or consider making your project depend > on cygwin in the first place; since cygwin tends to be the more POSIX-like > environment, the port from Unix to cygwin is easier. Watch out. I _think_ if you do this it'll force your project to be licensed under the GPL.

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-15 Thread Benoit Sigoure
Quoting Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: * Benoit Sigoure wrote on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:55:38AM CET: Quoting Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >* Benoit Sigoure wrote on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:27:13AM CET: > >>If simply passing -mno-cygwin to gcc is exactly like using mingw gcc, > >N

RE: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-15 Thread Duft Markus
We could talk about it if you would be able to talk like a grown up... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Dessent Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:17 AM To: libtool@gnu.org Subject: Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool. Duft

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Benoit Sigoure wrote on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:55:38AM CET: > Quoting Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >* Benoit Sigoure wrote on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:27:13AM CET: > > > >>If simply passing -mno-cygwin to gcc is exactly like using mingw gcc, > > > >No, e.g., for path handling reasons al

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Brian Dessent
Duft Markus wrote: > Additionally cygwin does not > correctly work on SMP machines with win2k or higher. Need a shovel for that FUD you're slinging? ___ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool

RE: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Duft Markus
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benoit Sigoure Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:35 PM To: libtool@gnu.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Absolute paths generated by libtool. Hello folks. I'm developing Qt-based applications. The build system is controlled by the

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Benoit Sigoure
Quoting Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: * Benoit Sigoure wrote on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:27:13AM CET: Quoting Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >According to Benoit Sigoure on 11/14/2006 9:35 AM: > >Have you tried writing the makefile with forward slashes? Windows tends >to do all right wi

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Benoit Sigoure wrote on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:27:13AM CET: > Quoting Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >According to Benoit Sigoure on 11/14/2006 9:35 AM: > > > >Have you tried writing the makefile with forward slashes? Windows tends > >to do all right with them, in spite of the fact that they

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Benoit Sigoure
Quoting Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: According to Benoit Sigoure on 11/14/2006 9:35 AM: Qt distributes Windows binaries for mingw only so I ended up installing mingw. This entails that everything is built by the mingw-gcc toolchain rather than by the cygwin-gcc. Anyway, I *guess* that buil

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Benoit Sigoure on 11/14/2006 9:35 AM: > Qt distributes Windows binaries for mingw only so I ended up installing > mingw. This entails that everything is built by the mingw-gcc toolchain rather > than by the cygwin-gcc. Anyway, I *guess* th

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Christopher Hulbert
On 11/14/06, Benoit Sigoure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quoting Christopher Hulbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> My idea was to write a perl script and to invoke make >> SHELL=my_shell.pl. That >> script would rewrite the command properly so that it works within the Cygwin >> environment. I succeede

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Christopher Hulbert
On 11/14/06, Benoit Sigoure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quoting Christopher Hulbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> My idea was to write a perl script and to invoke make >> SHELL=my_shell.pl. That >> script would rewrite the command properly so that it works within the Cygwin >> environment. I succee

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Benoit Sigoure
Quoting Christopher Hulbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 11/14/06, Benoit Sigoure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello folks. [SNIP] Qt distributes Windows binaries for mingw only so I ended up installing mingw. This entails that everything is built by the mingw-gcc toolchain rather than by the cygw

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Christopher Hulbert
On 11/14/06, Benoit Sigoure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello folks. I'm developing Qt-based applications. The build system is controlled by the autotools rather than by Qmake. I'm porting our projects on Windows. We're using an automated build system (buildbot.sf.net) to build every commit on L

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Benoit Sigoure
Quoting Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello Benoit, Hi, thanks for your quick reply. * Benoit Sigoure wrote on Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 05:35:03PM CET: My final questions are: is this necessary on Windows? Can't you keep the relative path? Not easily. That's weird though because if

Re: Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Benoit, * Benoit Sigoure wrote on Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 05:35:03PM CET: > > My final questions are: is this necessary on Windows? Can't you keep the > relative path? Not easily. > What do you think about my weird setup mixing Cygwin/mingw/perl hooks? Mixing Cygwin and MinGW is not such a

Absolute paths generated by libtool.

2006-11-14 Thread Benoit Sigoure
Hello folks. I'm developing Qt-based applications. The build system is controlled by the autotools rather than by Qmake. I'm porting our projects on Windows. We're using an automated build system (buildbot.sf.net) to build every commit on Linux/OSX/Windows. Automating the process on Windows prove