Hi Peter,

Can you begin following the instructions for MSVC Express in the
readme file in the build.vc9 directory. Let us know how far you get.

I did this myself the other day and it worked fine, so with a bit of
work you should be able to do this too.

Bill.

2009/6/3 Peter_APIIT <[email protected]>:
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>
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> On 30 May, 18:38, Bill Hart <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Ah, this issue is discussed for GMP here:
>>
>> http://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2008-July/001047.html
>>
>> Exactly the same thing is happening in MPIR because originally MPIR
>> started from the GMP codebase and no changes we have made since have
>> rectified this issue.
>>
>> One poster to the GMP list seemed to think that although make check
>> will fail when building a shared library, there is probably nothing
>> actually wrong with the library that is produced. The only problem is,
>> you have no way of verifying this. There is some discussion of doing a
>> cross-compilation with Cygwin to verify your library is working. That
>> may be one solution for you if you require a shared library.
>>
>> I will create a ticket for this issue and someone will hopefully
>> eventually fix it. The problem is that this may be:
>>
>> * An issue in MPIR
>> * An issue with libtool
>> * An issue with MSYS
>>
>> In other words, there is no guarantee we actually *can* fix it. Also,
>> as this is a very difficult issue, it may be quite some time before it
>> is resolved. There are at least two other very hard issues in the
>> queue before it. Sorry to be so unhelpful.
>>
>> Can I ask what application you have in mind for the MPIR library?
>> Perhaps there is some other easier way we can help you get to what you
>> are trying to achieve, e.g. helping you create an MSVC build of MPIR,
>
>
> Used for Math calculation such as crytography.
>
> I look forward your help to build it in MSVC 2008 express edition.
> >
>

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