[Vm-dev] [HowTo] Compile CogVM for Windows 7 using MinGW/MSYS

[Eliot Miranda]

Thanks Marcel!!  Can I fold this into my makefiles?


On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Marcel Taeumel <
marcel.taeumel at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:

>
> Hi, there! ---
>
> As Cygwin seems to be not offering gcc-v3 mirrors anymore, here is a
> step-by-step tutorial to build the CogVM for Windows 7 machines (and later,
> I suppose) using MSYS:
>
> 1. Install the "MinGW Package Download and Installation Tool"
>    > http://www.mingw.org
>    > http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/
>    ! Remember your installation path, e.g. C:\MinGW
> 2. Run it and install the following classified under "Basic Setup":
>    > msys-base
>    > mingw32-base
> 3. Run MSYS and setup PATH variable:
>    > EITHER make /mingw/bin accessible (e.g. add symbolic link to /c/MinGW)
>    > OR add /c/MinGW/bin to PATH (=> my choice)
> 4. Install or downgrade the following packages via MSYS (close the MinGW
>    installation tool first). If you downgrade, you may have to uninstall
> the
>    current version first:
>    > DOWN: mingw32-binutils 2.22-1 (fix windres.exe behavior)
>    > NEW: mingw32-gcc-v3-core 3.4.5-20060117-3
>    > NEW: mingw32-gcc-v3-g++ 3.4.5-20060117-3
>    > DOWN: mingw32-mingwrt 3.20-2 (needed for linking gcc-v3 object files)
>    > DOWN: mingw32-w32api 3.17-2 (needed for linking gcc-v3 object files)
>    ! MSYS command example: "mingw-get --install reinstall binutils=2.22-1"
> 5. Checkout SVN repository with CogVM source
>    > http://squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog
>    ! Remember your checkout path, e.g. C:\Tools\cogvm
> 6. Adapt /c/Tools/cogvm/cygwinbuild/Makefile
>    > Adapt -L option for LDFLAGS and CONSOLELDFLAGS to your MSYS
> environment
>    > Maybe exchange --export-dynamic with --export-all-symbols
> 7. Adapt /c/Tools/cogvm/cygwinbuild/plugins.ext
>    > Remove BochsIA32Plugin because it will not build
> 8. Adapt /c/Tools/cogvm/cygwinbuild/Squeak.rc if needed, e.g.:
>    > Use custom icons and descriptions to identify your build artifact
>      later on :)
> 9. Run the script ./c/Tools/cogvm/cygwinbuild/mvm
>    > chmod +x it if needed
>
> It should build fine with the results added to cygwinbuild/build*.
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
>
>
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-- 
best,
Eliot
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