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diff --git a/docs/api-notes/backup/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt b/docs/api-notes/backup/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1caaf4ca --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/api-notes/backup/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +How to build Box Backup on Win32 using Cygwin and MinGW +By Chris Wilson, 2007-05-26 + +(To read this document online with better formatting, browse to: +http://www.boxbackup.org/trac/wiki/CompileWithMinGW) + +Start by installing Cygwin on your Windows machine [http://www.cygwin.org]. +Make sure to select the following packages during installation: + +* Devel/gcc-mingw +* Devel/gcc-mingw-core +* Devel/gcc-mingw-g++ +* Mingw/mingw-zlib + +If you already have Cygwin installed, please re-run the installer and +ensure that those packages are installed. + +Download OpenSSL from +[http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-0.9.7i.tar.gz] + +Open a Cygwin shell, and unpack OpenSSL: + + tar xzvf openssl-0.9.7i.tar.gz + +Configure OpenSSL for MinGW compilation, and build and install it: + + cd openssl-0.9.7i + ./Configure --prefix=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/ mingw + make + make install + +Download PCRE from +[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcre/pcre-6.3.tar.bz2?download] + +Open a Cygwin shell, and unpack PCRE: + + tar xjvf pcre-6.3.tar.bz2 + +Configure PCRE for MinGW compilation, and build and install it: + + cd pcre-6.3 + export CFLAGS="-mno-cygwin" + ./configure + make winshared + cp .libs/libpcre.a .libs/libpcreposix.a /usr/lib/mingw + cp pcreposix.h /usr/include/mingw + +Now unpack the Box Backup sources, enter the source directory, +and configure like this: + + ./infrastructure/mingw/configure.sh + make + |