Thanks Adrian. I downloaded the bundled then overwrote the two files specified with the versions you created. Changed to the proper directory, but wget which is ran from the script received a 404 file not found error. Here 's the output:
" $ ./msys-install.sh i686t Installing win-builds for i686t in C:/cygwin/opt/windows_. Downloading and installing packages. Downloading package_list.el...Command `C:\win-apps\msys\win-builds-bundle\wget.exe -O - -nv http://win-builds.org/1.3-rc1/packages/windows_/package_list.el' failed. Here is the content of stderr: http://win-builds.org/1.3-rc1/packages/windows_/package_list.el: 2013-12-27 13:09:40 ERROR 404: Not Found. Fatal error: exception Lib.ProcessFailed(_) prc[2]:win-apps/msys/win-builds-bundle $ " The below text is just for reference. There is no new comments in it. Regards. Adrien Nader wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013, wynfield: > > > What is the package you are trying to compile ? > > > > I eventually want to build the Linphone application. > > (https://www.linphone.org/) > > It's current MS Windows port is out of date, crashes spuriously, and is not > > current. > > I do not wish to use Skype and consider it's use of private data is not > > desirable. > > > > However, I am starting with a simple GNU library, readline, to get the hang > > of using > > MinGW64 Win-Builds environment. > > > > > > Since many applications and lbraries from the *nix platform use a configure > > script, a shell is needed to run it. Does such a shell exist which uses > > Microsfot pathname formats? > > The difference between cygwin and msys (which is a fork of cygwin) is > roughly that msys will test whether it is going to run a regular native > windows application or an msys one and if it's a regular native one, it > will automatically translate posix-style paths to windows ones. > > Cygwin is also much more comprehensive and therefore bigger; this makes > some people prefer msys. > > > I did a few changes and now I've mostly ported the msys install and > environment setup scripts to cygwin. > > You need to download the bundle: > http://win-builds.org/1.3-rc1/win-builds-bundle-1.3-rc1.zip > and overwrite two of its files with these ones: > http://notk.org/~adrien/win-builds-cygwin/msys-install.sh > http://notk.org/~adrien/win-builds-cygwin/win-builds-switch.sh > > Then it's a matter of running these commands from a cygwin shell (you > only need to cd into the bundle directory): > ./msys-install.sh i686 > ./msys-install.sh x86_64 > > After that you can set your environment with one of these commands: > . win-builds-switch 32 > . win-builds-switch 64 > (note the leading ". ") > > This will set the YYPREFIX and PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variables > on both msys and cygwin (on msys it will also change PATH). > > > That is all for win-builds; then you need to install the rest through > cygwin's setup.exe. This is a rough list and you will add or remove > packages related to these as you see fit and as you need them: > mingw64-i686-gcc > mingw64-x86_64-gcc > pkg-config > > > After that, I'm able to build a dummy program and link it to libvorbis > with: > i686-w64-mingw32 $(pkg-config --libs --cflags vorbis) test.c > > The command above is running in a cygwin shell, i686-w64-mingw32 and > pkg-config are cygwin binaries, libvorbis comes from win-builds and a > windows native executable is created. > > > I hope the above solves your issues and is clear. I will be a bit harder > to reach for roughly one week as I'm going to 30c3 in Hamburg and not > taking my laptop with me. :) > > > Regards, > Adrien Nader > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
