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]>: > > > > 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. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
