Dear Kern, I managed to build the storage daemon for Windows using the instructions in README.mingw. SD builds smoothly and seems to work, but the director does not build out of the box. Since I did not need the director, I have not tried to fix it.
Thanks for your suggestions! With best regards, P. Trifonov > -----Original Message----- > From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:k...@sibbald.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 9:22 PM > To: Peter Trifonov > Cc: bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-devel] bacula 5.0 storage daemon on Windows > > Hello, > > Unfortunately we do not have any programmer that wants to support the > Windows > Dir and SD. Since it is quite a lot of work just to maintain the build > environment, we no longer build it. > > All the old scripts still exist, but we use cross compiling (i.e. build > *everything* on Linux), so setting up a cross-compile environment is > not > simple. Everything is documented in bacula/src/win32/README.mingw (the > vc8 > build does not work). I know of at least 5 people who have succeeded. > > The only *trick* is to use the full_win32_installer directtory rather > than the > win32_installer or win64_installer directories. The DIR and SD have > never > been build for Win64. In any case, aside from a steep learning curve > in > setting up the cross compile environment, there is a certain amount of > work > to do to get the full build scripts running again. > > Unfortunately, we cannot help you in learning how to build it yourself. > However, someone else on this list may have the time to do so. > > I recommend you setup a Linux server somewhere, or possibly run Linux > in a > Windows VM. > > Best regards, > > Kern > > On Tuesday 03 August 2010 14:01:13 Peter Trifonov wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was using Bacula 3.0.3 storage daemon on Windows Server 2008 for > some > > time. It was working perfectly. > > However, the installation package for Bacula 5.0.2 for Windows does > not > > contain the storage daemon. > > Please let me know if it exists, and how can I obtain or compile it. > > > > Many thanks. > > > > With best regards, > > P. Trifonov > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > >--- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-devel mailing list > > Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
