Thank you. I will reply again with the details. Jack On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:40:30 -0400 Volker Quetschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> And, now I am confused, for the answer I got at dev was >> that *I was on the wrong list*. > >And now I'm confused, I never saw that answer. Only Ken >and >myself did comment on your problem. > >Unfortunately the ml archive is broken ATM (issue 51854) >therefore I cannot point you to the web archives. > >> If someone there actually >> answered my question, the reply never reached my inbox. >> That the online listing of messages in the list (today) >> stops at several days ago makes it impossible to know if >> something was answered which hasn't reached me. Go >figure. >File an issue, complaining silently or waiting that >someone >else fixes it rarely helps. > >> >> Now, is there anybody on this list that can answer my >> question? Others seem to be able to build OO using >cygwin >> on wintel, so I suspect I missed something that is >possibly >> an ambiguity in the documentation on building, or I >really >> missed a step. Anything is possible. The build doc says >to >> go from ./configure to dmake, and doesn't mention >> ./bootstrap as a means to create dmake. For that, you >need >> to infer steps not given. > >Hmm, I'm again not sure what you're talking about. In ><http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/build_windows_tcsh.html> >there is an overview about what/how happens ><http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/build_windows_tcsh.html#OverviewofPerformingaFullBuild> >that mentions (briefly) configure/bootstrap/rehash (well, >I admit it >doesn't mention tcsh) and a step by step example ><http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/build_windows_tcsh.html#GeneratingtheBuildEnvironmentandBuildTools>. > >What is missing? Constructive suggestions to improve the >documentation >are always welcome. > > >> To repeat, my question concerns creating dmake from >> sources. It is my present understanding that dmake is >> crafted by running ./bootstrap >As written in that document. > >> Right now, that fails because a file dmake.exe is >missing. >> Clearly, it's not in the source code. There is a >build.bat >> file in /dmake directory in the source, but it fails for >a >> long list of dependencies not documented in any of the >> build documents I have found. >bootstrap builds dmake, nothing else. > >> I'd greatly appreciate someone telling me what I missed. >You could start with exactly telling what you did and >where >you deviated from the build instructions. All the output >of your >commands is required. (Unless you're able to recognize the >relevant >information yourself.) > >Volker > >-- >If you like my work consider: > http://www.scytek.de/donations.html >PGP/GPG key (ID: 0x9F8A785D) available from > wwwkeys.de.pgp.net >key-fingerprint 550D F17E B082 A3E9 F913 9E53 3D35 C9BA >9F8A 785D
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