On 14-Feb-2019 03:51, Ben Fritz wrote:
I was trying to set up for building Vim on a Windows 10 installation where I
haven't done that before.
I tried the Msys distribution of mingw-64 first, and after I installed make and
gcc using the package manager, I got compiler errors all over the place. Most
errors to start with were for pretty basic things like _MAX_PATH not being
defined (MAX_PATH is defined instead). I modified the code for simple macro
replacements like that, and a few #ifdefs that were taking the wrong branch,
but then I got to code in os_win32 that tried to use _putenv and _wputenv
functions, which are not defined, and gave up that approach after a long time
searching for a definition.
Next I tried the MingW-W64-builds package. That doesn't include make either,
but it has mingw32-make so I tried that, and got errors reading the makefile.
Not seeing any documentation for this package, I moved on...
...to the normal, older 32-bit Mingw, which I have used in the past. I
installed the gcc tools and Msys, tried to build Vim, and immediately got
errors for a missing struct definition for 64-bit file types. Searching on the
error led to suggestions to use Mingw-64.
What am I doing wrong? Surely, somebody out there is still compiling Vim using
Mingw? The makefiles are still there, I assume they work for someone.
If you're that someone, what Mingw distribution are you using? Did you need to
do any extra setup/installation beyond installing gcc and make?
Hi Ben,
I am building vim and gvim using mingw64 on Win8.1 and Win7. I've not
tried Win10 but I don't imagine it would be much different.
Firstly, I use the mingw64 build from here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/
Try the 8.1 package. It includes make, but it is called
"mingw32-make.exe", so I copy it to "make.exe". Make sure that the
mingw64/bin folder within the package is in the path.
I put the vim source in the folder <path_to_vim_source>/vim. I make no
modifications to the code (except for a few changes in feature.h).
In the <path_to_vim_source> folder I put this batch file which I call
"make_it.cmd":
<start batch>
@echo off
setlocal
set SRC_DIR=vim\src
set /a NR_JOBS=%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS% + 1
set COMMON_VARS=OPTIMIZE=MAXSPEED ARCH=native ICONV= GETTEXT= IME=no
DYNAMIC_IME=no POSTSCRIPT=no OLE=no WINVER=0x0603 CSCOPE=no NETBEANS=no
XPM=no DIRECTX=no FEATURES=NORMAL CHANNEL=no
set GUI_VARS=%COMMON_VARS% LFLAGS="-Wl,-nxcompat,-dynamicbase -mwindows"
set NOGUI_VARS=%COMMON_VARS% LFLAGS="-Wl,-nxcompat,-dynamicbase"
set MAKEFILE=Make_ming.mak
title Building gvim...
make --directory=%SRC_DIR% GUI=yes %GUI_VARS% --environment-overrides
--jobs=%NR_JOBS% --makefile=%MAKEFILE% gvim.exe
title Building vim...
make --directory=%SRC_DIR% GUI=no %NOGUI_VARS% --environment-overrides
--jobs=%NR_JOBS% --makefile=%MAKEFILE% all
title Complete
exit /b 0
</end batch>
From the <path_to_vim_source> folder I run the batch file. Note that
the make file is "Make_ming.mak", I am on Win8.1 hence the WINVER of 603
and the settings are for my specific build.
I hope this helps!
Cheers
John
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