I just noticed I lost a few patches outside the packaging/win32 directory by setting up an independent repository. I'll add those to the gnucash directory shortly.
Geert On Monday 28 April 2014 11:09:39 Geert Janssens wrote: > This weekend I have spent more time on getting the Windows build > running with more recent mingw compilers (gcc 4.8). > > This is a continuation of the work I have started in December last > year. > > Current status: > - I have forked packaging/win32 into a separate directory with the > clear goal of decoupling the maintenance of a build environment on > Windows from gnucash releases. This repository is currently publicly > accessible from my personal github account: > https://github.com/gjanssens/gnucash-on-windows > Ultimately it is my goal to bring this repository under the GnuCash > project umbrella but not everything is working yet (more on that > later). - The install and dist scripts have been updated so that a > working gnucash installer can be built in the new mingw environment. > Up until yesterday afternoon gnucash installed by the installer > worked as well. I haven't tested the build with the new c++ changes > yet. > > What's still missing: > - the scripts for the build server need some tweaking in order to > build tags under the new configuration. > - improve documentation > - set up desktop icon for msys. > > Future plans: > - fix the build server scripts > - reduce build overhead by smartening the install scripts > > Wild, halfbaked ideas for the long term: > - switch to mingw64 [1] and win-builds [2] > - package the gnucash dependencies for win-builds and reduce setting > the gnucash environment to running the win-builds package manager > > Lastly, how to use my repository ? > - Download the bootstrap_win_dev.vbs script. It has some documentation > at the beginning. Running it is mostly a double-click. This will > prepare a c:\gcdev directory with the minimal tools required to run > install.sh - Start msys (c:\gcdev\mingw\msys\1.0\msys.bat) > - cd /c/gcdev/gnucash-on-windows.git > - install.sh > and if you want to create the windows installer as well: > - dist.sh > > Please test and provide feedback. > > Geert > > > [1] http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/ > [2] http://win-builds.org/ > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
