On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:43:07 +0200 Pablo Beltran <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2011/6/7 Chris <[email protected]> > > Quite possibly. It is a community wiki though, so how > > about you giving it a shot yourself? If you see that > > something is not quite right, change it! ;o) > > > Then I will update it, but before I want to build SWFTools by using > Mingw. > Ok. ;o) > Really I tried everything, search on Google hundred of times, modify > everything ... with no lucky. Only goes to prove, |Google is not the next best thing to sliced bread.. ducky. ;o) > ..so the Mingw cross-compiler environment provided by Ubuntu works. > > At this point, the SWFTools' configure always fails: > > ERROR: > You need zlib to compile swftools In which case, ts not where it should be, or where the compiler system can find it. You may have to be explicit with the compiler options. > I've installed jpeg, gif and freetype libraries. They are recognized > by the > SWFTools' configure. But zlib is ignored though the headers > and libs are placed in the same directory (/usr/local/incude and > libs). Why SWFTools' configure finds other libraries but not zlib? I take it you mean zlib is in the same directory as the other libraries, yes? > I've installed an alternative zlib from Mingw's packages and then > SWFtools' configure recognize it. Which means the original path chosen was not correct. > Unfortunately, make stops after a compile error. What this time? > Really, is the author of SWFTools so busy and he have not time to > check whether the sources compile for Windows? Well, since Matthias provides Windows versions, they must! > Of course, maybe the sources compile and I'm a sort of incompetent :). Doubt it. Probably just the wide variation of install methods. > Anyway, I would appreciate a simple email from the author saying: > "I've just compiled it for Windows so you are doing something wrong". You'd need to know ( and have yourself ) the same build environment. > Yes, but finally I changed my compiling environment to Linux+Mingw > cross-compiling. Pherhaps, my emails are bit confusing because I > started to trying compile on Windows and later on Linux+cross- > compiling features. To be honest, I've forgotten exactly whay you were doing this! What is wrong with the existing precompiled Wndows binaries? > > > As I have no idea about Mingw corss-compiling, I > > > would appreciate some help. > > > > Ages since I've done it! Maybe I'll get a moment to try > > it from the top. > Yes Chris, please, try it. A would appreciate a loooooooooot your > feedback! > :) OK. ;o) Which way are we going to try it? Linux => Windows for Windows? Or a Windows compile for Windows under MingGW? Chris -- <[email protected]>
