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

Esteban Lorenzano estebanlm at gmail.com
Wed Sep 25 07:23:53 UTC 2013


yes, we are using Win7 and MSYS since... well, since win7 is out. 
But of course, that means use cmake and CMakeMaker. 

Esteban

On Sep 25, 2013, at 8:04 AM, stephane ducasse <stephane.ducasse at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Tobias
> 
> did you check all the work that igor and esteban did to make sure that 
> all the vms can compile automatically on the build servers?
> 
> Stef
> 
> On Sep 24, 2013, at 11:13 PM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Eliot, all
>> 
>> Am 24.09.2013 um 20:16 schrieb Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>:
>> 
>>> Thanks Marcel!!  Can I fold this into my makefiles?
>> 
>> Is gcc 3 really necessary for Cog?  “yes” clearly
>> is a proper answer, but last year, as I had to fiddle
>> with the Self VM and make it compile, even Old gcc4
>> were a pain.
>> Ian apparently has done some tweaks to the build system
>> for the win32 branch[1]. It also uses MSYS and MinGW but 
>> probably more recent gcc'en (but I'm not sure)[2]. 
>> Just out of curiosity, have you sync'ed the cog-branch 
>> platform dir after the initial branching?
>> 
>> Please do not regard me as a show stopper or „Spaßbremse“,
>> but I figure, that the entry barrier to work with the 
>> Squeak VM or Cog is quite high, even if you don't want 
>> touch the interpreter/jit at all. We should make it 
>> more approachable. 
>> I think Mariano did a good job for an introduction
>> to building a Squeak/Cog VM[3], But his 2nd-level 
>> tool-chain (sources from gitorious+CMake via CMakeVMMaker)[4]
>> seems vastly different from the current Makefile-based
>> approach, but apparently, the CMake toolchain can make use
>> of more recent compilers.
>> 
>> Where are we headed?
>> 
>> Best
>> 	-Tobias
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> [1] http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/squeak/trunk/platforms/win32/
>> [2] http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/squeak/trunk/platforms/win32/HowToBuild.txt?revision=2612&view=markup
>> [3] https://marianopeck.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/building-the-vm-from-scratch-using-git-and-cmakevmmaker/
>> [4] I would call the MSYS+MinGW tool-chain 1st level in this case
> 



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