Yes, build-mingw32.sh works, but the resulting build is incomplete. For example, it lacks libgluezilla and a mozilla library to glue to, so the browsing component does not work. This is in the official Windows builds of Mono.
I don't know what else is missing. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Hin-Tak Leung <hintak_le...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > --- On Tue, 24/8/10, Vincent Povirk <madewokh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > And eventually mono will be >> installed automatically like gecko is? >> >> If I ever get the damn thing to build fully on a Linux box, >> yes. > > Is there a problem with that? Mono comes with a script called > "build-mingw32.sh" for cross-compiling on linux. I use that for every mono > release since about 2.2 as I need a little customization, changing the heap > setting, before they get the new garbage collector code scheduled for 2.8(?) > ready. I only rebuild the runtime - not the class libraries, so I stop the > build in the middle. > > There are some dependency differences (depending on different versions of > dependent dll's) against MSVC builds, file naming differences (the mono dll > is called libmono.dll in one but just mono.dll in the other - I filed a bug > for it and it is still open), and dependencies on gcc_s*.dll from exception > unwinding, but it is basically inter-operable - as I swap one part of the > stock msvc build with a custom mingw cross-compiled part for every release > for much of the last two years now. > > > > >
