I don't know about your configuration, but --enable-static does not
work for me (with VS2005). Some parts (I believe NSPR) do not compile
when using this option and some don't use the option and compile
dynamic anyway.

pirus wrote:
> Guys,
>
>
>   I'm having a hard time trying to have Gecko embedded in a Windows
> application without using VC++.
>
> The development host is a linux machine, where MingW is running
> smoothly
> (already compiled a lot of Win32 apps on it, with no fuss), so I guess
> the
> compiler itself is not to blame.
>
> here's the mozconfig file I'm using:
>
>
>   mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
>
>   ac_add_options --target=i686-pc-mingw32
>   ac_add_options --enable-win32-target=WIN95
>   ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
>   ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=windows
>   ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
>   ac_add_options --disable-activex
>   ac_add_options --disable-shared
>   ac_add_options --disable-updater
>   ac_add_options --enable-static
>   ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
>   ac_add_options --with-nspr-prefix=/opt/Mozilla/nspr-4.6.1
>   ac_add_options --without-system-zlib
>   ac_add_options --without-system-jpeg
>   ac_add_options --without-system-png
>   ac_add_options --without-system-mng
>
>   CROSS_COMPILE=1
>   CC=i686-pc-mingw32-gcc
>   CXX=i686-pc-mingw32-g++
>   CPP=i686-pc-mingw32-cpp
>   AS=i686-pc-mingw32-as
>   LD=i686-pc-mingw32-ld
>
>
> As you can see, the nspr-related bits caused me some trouble, so I
> downloaded a pre-compiled distribution from there:
>
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/nspr/releases/v4.6.1/WINNT5.0_OPT.OBJ/
>
> .. then I installed it in /opt/Mozilla, and set the relevant configure
> options in the mozconfig file.
>
> Everything goes well (it seems) until I get to the XPCOM part.  Then
> for
> some reason, the host compiler is used instead of the target compiler:
>
> gcc -o host_xpt_arena.o -c -DXP_UNIX -O3  -DEXPORT_XPT_API
> -DMDCPUCFG=\"md/_linux.cfg\"   -I../../../../dist/include/xpcom -I../
> ../../../dist/include -I/opt/Mozilla/nspr-4.6.1/include
> -I../../../../dist/sdk/include
> /home/oprs/build/mozilla-win32/mozilla/xpcom/typelib/xpt/src/xpt_arena.c
>
> Then, gcc fails on a __declspec(dllimport) in xpt_arena.h, since it's
> using
> the linux include files, which don't have a clue about what a dll is.
>
> ../../../../dist/include/xpcom/xpt_arena.h: In function `__declspec':
> ../../../../dist/include/xpcom/xpt_arena.h:81: error: syntax error
> before
> "__declspec"
> In file included
> from
> /home/oprs/Gold-Cash/Mozilla/mozilla-win32/mozilla/xpcom/typelib/xpt/src/xpt_arena.c:47:
> /usr/include/string.h:40: error: storage class specified for parameter
> `memcpy'
> /usr/include/string.h:44: error: storage class specified for parameter
> `memmove'
>
>
> Now, I guess there is a way around this (like having XPCOM to use the
> right
> compiler), but I must admit I don't feel really confident with this..
>
>
> So my question is: has anybody ever succeeded in cross-compiling the
> Mozilla
> tree from Linux to a Windows target ?  I was hoping to find a packaged
> XPCOM distribution somewhere, but I guess that was a bit optimistic.
>
> Any hint would be much appreciated..
> 
> 
>   regards,
>     -Olivier.

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