Re: zsh for x86_64 uploaded

["Peter A. Castro" <doctor at fruitbat dot org>]

On Thu, 8 Aug 2013, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> Hi Peter,

Greetings, Corinna,

> On Aug  7 16:36, Peter A. Castro wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > > Hi Peter,
> >
> > Greetings, Corinna,
> >
> > > I just uploaded a 64 bit zsh-5.0.2-1 package.  I did not convert it to
> > > cygport but kept the g-b-s build script (mostly) intact.
> > >
> > > Only two patches were necessary, one of them dropping
> > > --host=i686-pc-cygwin  and --target =i686-pc-cygwin from the configury,
> > > the other was replacing a call to cygwin_conv_to_posix_path with a call
> > > to cygwin_conv_path in builtin.c since the old, deprecated
> > > cygwin_conv_to_XXX API doesn't exist on x86_64 anymore.  The patch is
> > > fortunately target independent.
> >
> > Thanks for doing this.
> > I've been too busy to devote time to Cygwin lately and I still don't
> > have access to 64-bit windows to do the porting.
>
> As I already stated in other mail on this list, if you have a machine
> with 64 bit hardware, you can just create a virtual machine with the
> VM of choice and install an evaluation version of Windows Server 2012
> from Microsoft:

I saw that email.  Had to re-signup for a "Microsoft Account" (formerly
Windows Live ID), which I did have but has apparently been deleted for
inactivity :-().  I feel so unclean. :-)

And, while I love to use VMs (and do for many, many things), having to
re-install Windows every 6 months for a new "evaluation" period isn't my
idea of "fun", given how many patches I'd have to install there after.

I'm looking for a more permanent solution, likely Win 7 Pro 64-bit
(retail) for cheap.  I guess I'll keep looking. :-/

Thanks for the cygport primer.  I'll give it a try for my next grab of
zsh.

>  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh708764.aspx
>
> The eval runs for 180 days.
>
> > As it turns out, someone else tried building zsh on Cygwin recently
> > and hit this same problem (cygwin_conv_to_posix_path).  I believe
> > it's been fixed upstream, but I'll verify that when I grab the
> > latest zsh release.
> >
> > BTW, how hard would it be to move to cygport?  Is it worth the trouble?
>
> Using cygport is usually simple.  The more autotool-oriented the package
> is, the easier it gets.  Here's an example of a full autotoolized
> package:
>
>  $ cat fetchmail.cygport
>  NAME="fetchmail"
>  VERSION="6.3.22"
>  RELEASE=1
>  CATEGORY="Mail"
>  SUMMARY="A remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility"
>  DESCRIPTION="Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility
>  [...]"
>  SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/fetchmail.berlios/${P}.tar.xz"
>
> Here's a package which needs an installation tweak:
>
>  $ cat file.cygport
>  NAME="file"
>  VERSION="5.13"
>  RELEASE=1
>  CATEGORY="Utils Base"
>  SUMMARY="Determines file type using 'magic' numbers"
>  DESCRIPTION="With file you can obtain information on the file type of a
>  [...]"
>  SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/${P}.tar.gz";
>
>  CYGCONF_ARGS="--enable-fsect-man5"
>
>  src_install() {
> 	  cd ${B}
> 	  cyginstall
>
> 	  # As on Fedora, create the magic file and the usual links to it.
> 	  set +x
> 	  cat ${S}/magic/Magdir/* > "${D}/usr/share/misc/magic"
> 	  ln -s misc/magic "${D}/usr/share/magic"
> 	  mkdir -p "${D}/usr/share/file"
> 	  ln -s ../magic "${D}/usr/share/file/magic"
>  }
>
> Here's an example for a package which isn't set up to be build outside
> the source tree, which isn't autotoolized, and which has sources in CVS
> only:
>
>  $ cat mt.cygport
>  NAME="mt"
>  VERSION="2.3.3"
>  RELEASE=2
>  CATEGORY="Utils"
>  SUMMARY="Magnetic Tape manipulation utility"
>  DESCRIPTION="Magnetic Tape manipulation utility"
>  HOMEPAGE="http://cygwin.com/";
>
>  CVS_URI=":pserver:anoncvs@cygwin.com:/cvs/cygwin-apps"
>  CVS_BRANCH="mt-${PV//\./_}-release"
>  inherit cvs
>
>  src_compile() {
>    cd ${S}
>    lndirs
>    cd ${B}
>    comp=$(type -p ${ARCH}-pc-cygwin-gcc)
>    cygmake CC=${comp:-gcc}
>  }
>
> It can get more complicated than that, but you get the idea.  If you
> have problems, have a look into other cygport files and don't hesitate
> to ask on this list.
>
> > > Zsh seems to run fine as far as my limited testing goes.
> >
> > Since there was an existing 5.0.2-1 (32-bit) and since there was a
> > revision to the source package and since the changes could be
> > applied to both 32-bit and 64-bit, you probably should have made
> > this 5.0.2-2 instead, but, hey, no worries.  I'll sync things up
> > once I get a 64-bit Win running. :-)
>
> Cool, thanks!
>
>
> Corinna

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