[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: New Configure Options
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:08:56 -0600
Thanks. I'll give this a try. My setup is 64 bits. Will I get 64 bit
dlls? I also need 32 bit ones. How do I do this?
John
On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 07:34:14AM +1000, James Teh wrote:
> On 5/03/2011 3:18 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >When using Cygwin to do the build, the gcc option -no-cygwin should be
> >specified to make Cygwin produce libraries in native Windows format.
> This shouldn't be the default. The default with Cygwin is always to
> produce Cygwin libraries.
>
> >If
> >this is done using the CFLAGS option with the present configure, the
> >script generates an error message saying that executables canot be
> >created. It would be nice to have a --cygwin option.
> To build native libraries, Cygwin users should use --build=mingw32.
>
> Unfortunately, this still doesn't pass the -mno-cygwin option to gcc.
> There are some bugs if you pass this in CFLAGS. I can't remember why;
> it's something to do with it needing to be the first option or
> something. The way I do it is to create a shell script with the
> following text and stick it in /usr/local/bin/mgcc:
> --
> #!/bin/bash
> gcc -mno-cygwin "$@"
> --
> You can then do:
> ./configure CC=mgcc --build=mingw32
>
> Jamie
>
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> NV Access Inc, ABN 61773362390
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Abilitiessoft, Inc.
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Developing software for people with disabilities
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