To avoid confusion, this was sent yesterday and got hung up in the mailing list server and delayed. My post today holds: problems finding the m116 source tarball. Jack
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:28:34 -0700 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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 > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
