Re: Compiling win32 under Cygwin

[Joe R <vinnyjojo at yahoo dot com>]

Cool!

I'm running the latest cygwin api on my win2k machine, so I can test
using that, if you like.  My build failed using a tcl/tk v8.4.1
install, however, so caveat emptor.  I may also be able to test vs. a
FreeBSD v4.5 install (I'm trying to build out a Web and mail server,
and this happens to be my OS of choice :) ).

Re: cygwin, do things really work differently on win98 vs nt/2k?  My
impression was that, from cygwin's point of view, it's all the same.

Hans, re: the memory problem you mentioned, how do I test for it?  Is
there a testcase out there somewhere?  Instructions?


-j


--- "smsutton@iwon.com" <smsutton@iwon.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm about 2/3rds of the way through writting a new configure.in
> script.  It's shaping up pretty well, and gets all the varibles from
> tclConfig.sh and tkConfig.sh correctly.  It works a little differntly
> form the current version, in that it looks for a working tclsh and
> uses the path to that to get the path to the includes and libs for
> Tcl.  Similarly, it finds wish for tk.  I'm adding in code to check
> for tcl and tk directories if it doesn't find an installed version,
> and run configure on them if they are found.
> 
> If you look in tclConfig.sh and tkConfig.sh, you'll find the
> additional defines and libraries that the two need to link.  They
> vary a lot between cygwin 98 and cygwin NT 2000.  The compile flags
> number about 20 on 08, but only 2 on NT for tcl, 98 only needs one
> additional library for Tk, but NT needs 5.  So it's important,
> particularly for cygwin, to be able to reference the tclConfig.sh and
> tkConfig.sh files.
> 
> Once I'm happy with the script, I'll need for people in different
> environments to test it for me.  I can test on Solaris 2.8 (native
> and gcc), Solaris 2.6 (native), IRIX (native), Win98 (cygwin),
> NT200(cygwin), and possible Linux (RH 7.2) and AIX (native).  For the
> first round, I'd just want the results of running autconf and
> configure (config.status, configure.log, and configure).  Once I'm
> happy with that I'll make the changes needed in the Makefiles.
> 
> Longer rnage, what would you think about adding an xcconf.h.in file
> to encapsulate information about system dependant routines that
> configure can test for and set flags for?
> 
> Even longer term would be seeing if there is a way to run configure
> in a command shell. Ha Ha :-)
> 
> 
>  --- On Sun 12/01, Hans Ronne  wrote:From: Hans Ronne [mailto:
> hronne@telia.com]To: vinnyjojo@yahoo.com     Cc:
> xconq7@sources.redhat.comDate: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 04:00:18 +0100Subject:
> Re: Compiling win32 under Cygwin>I'm now able to compile, using the
> correct x-includes directive!  And
> >yes, it runs.  I don't have a standard cygwin install, though, and
> >here's what I did to get it to work:
> 
> So what cygwin are you using instead of the standard install? b20?
> 
> >1) Checked out the latest from CVS.  I had edited the makefiles et
> al
> >in the previously checked-out version, so I decided to make a clean
> >(mostly) start of it.
> 
> >2) Tried ./configure --x-includes=install >  Configured just fine,
> but had to a) add tkwin32.o to my
> >xconq: make instruction; b) add the same to the exec'd command in
> that
> >instruction; c) change the TCLTK_LIB flag to point to my libs (used
> >'-L/usr/local/lib -lltcl84s.a -ltk84s.a -lm).
> 
> And Stanley used:
> 
> -L/usr/local/lib -ltcl84g -ltk84g -lm
> 
> in the Makefile he posted earlier. Would just:
> 
> -L/usr/local/lib -ltcl -ltk -lm
> 
> work for both of you? We should try to keep things as general as
> possible.
> 
> When I ran make, I ran
> >into the following:
> >
> 
> ...
> 
> >Anybody want to comment on what this might be?  No idea, and the
> cygwin
> >mailing lists aren't much help, either.
> 
> Nope. But since Stanley didn't see it (using tcl8.4.1) it must be
> specific
> to your build.
> 
> >3) Decided to fall back to my tcl/tk 8.3 install.  I had installed
> this
> >from the ActiveState distro a little while ago, just trying to get
> the
> >game going.  I used ./configure --x-includes=/cygdrive/d/Tcl/include
> as
> >my configure command (after doing a make distclean to tidy things up
> a
> >bit) and it generated ALMOST the correct makefiles.  I again had to
> >change the xconq instruction to include tkwin33.o and point it to
> the
> >correct libs.  Ran make, and it made just fine!
> >
> >First time I ran the game, forgot I had to include the tcl and tk
> dll's
> >in the working path; copied them in, and it ran without trouble,
> too.
> >Everything looks great :)
> 
> Have you tested what games you can run without the memory problem?
> Would be
> interesting to know.
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
> 
> 
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