Hi Théo and all, On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:34:24 +0200 Théo Cavignac <theo.cavig...@gmail.com> wrote:
> After my previous mail concerning the static compilation in a Docker > container I figured it would be nice to use the same idea to create a > cross compilation environment for linux-to-windows dev. > > > Using the cross development article on the wiki, digging through the > build system a bit and fiddling a lot I created a MinGW-w64 based > environment that let you build standalone apps from your chicken code > and your favorite eggs that can be distributed as a single binary > without needing dev oriented dependencies like cygwin or MSYS2. > > I have to say I am pretty happy with this achievement, even if it may > not be much, because I learned a ton on the building system of > Chicken, and on linking in general. That looks cool! Thanks for sharing it! > I plan on contributing to the wiki some of the knowledge I gathered > during the process. I already submitted a ticket to fix what seems to > be a typo in the Makefile.cross-linux-mingw file in chicken sources. > > By the way, I don't think I have an account to edit the wiki. Can I > have one with username lattay ? Sure. You should now be able to use your bug tracker credentials to authenticate to the wiki too. > Here is the Docker environment ready to be built: > https://github.com/Lattay/chicken_docker/tree/main/mingw > > Here is an image ready to go (because compiling chicken twice is > pretty long): > https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/lattay/chicken-mingw > > The script that automate the process of spinning the container and > extracting the final binary has been updated accordingly and now > support the option `--platform mingw`: > https://github.com/Lattay/chicken-build-static > > > Currently my testing of this environment is pretty limited. I did a > test with the args egg but I don't know how well it would perform with > more complex eggs like bind based one. > > I don't have a non trivial app that would work on windows to test with > this process. > > Hence, I would be interested in some real world Windows ready app for this. > > I would also be interested in feedback from testing this with your own app. > > Also, I have yet to understand what is the difference between console > and GUI app in windows and how this environment could be used to build > graphical apps. > > > As always, I am very open to critiques and suggestions so please feel free ! All the best. Mario -- http://parenteses.org/mario