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diff --git a/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_linux_using_mingw.txt b/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_linux_using_mingw.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2c3e4fe9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_linux_using_mingw.txt @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +How to build Box Backup for Windows (Native) on Linux using MinGW +By Chris Wilson, 2005-12-07 + +Install the MinGW cross-compiler for Windows: + +- Debian and Ubuntu users can "apt-get install mingw32" +- Fedora and SuSE users can download RPM packages from + [http://mirzam.it.vu.nl/mingw/] + +You will need to know the prefix used by the cross-compiler executables. +It will usually be something like "ix86-mingw32*-". All the binaries in the +cross-compiler package will start with this prefix. The documentation below +assumes that it is "i386-mingw32-". Adjust to taste. + +You will also need to install Wine and the Linux kernel "binary formats" +(binfmt) support, so that you can run Windows executables on Linux, +otherwise the configure scripts will not work properly with a cross-compiler. +On Ubuntu, run: + + apt-get install wine binfmt-support + /etc/init.d/binfmt-support start + +Start by downloading Zlib from [http://www.zlib.net/], unpack and enter +source directory: + + export CC=i386-mingw32-gcc + export AR="i386-mingw32-ar rc" + export RANLIB="i386-mingw32-ranlib" + ./configure + make + make install prefix=/usr/local/i386-mingw32 + +Download OpenSSL 0.9.8b from +[http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-0.9.8b.tar.gz] + +Unpack and configure: + + tar xzvf openssl-0.9.8b.tar.gz + cd openssl-0.9.8b + ./Configure --prefix=/usr/local/i386-mingw32 mingw + make makefile.one + wget http://www.boxbackup.org/svn/box/chris/win32/support/openssl-0.9.8b-mingw-cross.patch + patch -p1 < openssl-0.9.8b-mingw-cross.patch + make -f makefile.one + make -f makefile.one install + +Download PCRE from +[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcre/pcre-6.3.tar.bz2?download] + +Unpack: + + tar xjvf pcre-6.3.tar.bz2 + cd pcre-6.3 + +Configure and make: + + export AR=i386-mingw32-ar + ./configure --host=i386-mingw32 --prefix=/usr/local/i386-mingw32/ + make winshared + +If you get this error: + + ./dftables.exe pcre_chartables.c + /bin/bash: ./dftables.exe: cannot execute binary file + make: *** [pcre_chartables.c] Error 126 + +then run: + + wine ./dftables.exe pcre_chartables.c + make winshared + +to complete the build. Finally: + + cp .libs/libpcre.a /usr/local/i386-pc-mingw32/lib + cp .libs/libpcreposix.a /usr/local/i386-pc-mingw32/lib + cp pcreposix.h /usr/local/i386-pc-mingw32/include + +You will need to find a copy of mingwm10.dll that matches your cross-compiler. +Most MinGW distributions should come with it. On Debian and Ubuntu, for some +bizarre reason, you'll find it compressed as +/usr/share/doc/mingw32-runtime/mingwm10.dll.gz, in which case you'll +have to un-gzip it with "gzip -d". Copy it to a known location, e.g. +/usr/local/i386-mingw32/bin. + +Download and extract Box Backup, and change into the base directory, +e.g. boxbackup-0.11rc2. Change the path to mingwm10.dll in parcels.txt to +match where you found or installed it. + +Now configure Box with: + + ./configure --host=i386-mingw32 \ + CXXFLAGS="-mthreads -I/usr/local/i386-mingw32/include" \ + LDFLAGS=" -mthreads -L/usr/local/i386-mingw32/lib" \ + LIBS="-lcrypto -lws2_32 -lgdi32" + make + +or, if that fails, try this: + + export CXX="i386-mingw32-g++" + export AR=i386-mingw32-ar + export RANLIB=i386-mingw32-ranlib + export CFLAGS="-mthreads" + export CXXFLAGS="-mthreads" + export LDFLAGS="-mthreads" + export LIBS="-lcrypto -lws2_32 -lgdi32" + (if you don't have a "configure" file, run "./bootstrap") + ./configure --target=i386-mingw32 + make CXX="$CXX" AR="$AR" RANLIB="$RANLIB" WINDRES="i386-mingw32-windres" |