On Jun 30, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
Dscho,
I added a script src/rt/release.sh, which downloads the MSYS source
and applies our patches. The script is also on branch spr/msys-p2w-
vista.
I think it should be on the main branch and not hidden on the
branch "msys",
so this is probably not exactly what you expected.
The reason why I want this on the "msys" branch is that it needs the
MSys
environment (including the MSys compiler and libraries) to compile.
You
cannot do that with MinGW.
As this distinction is already hard enough to get, I would think it
makes
more sense to require the "msys" branch (the "master" branch lacks
all of
MSys' build environment, AFAIR).
Hmm... Unfortunately, I failed to build the DLL from the msys branch.
Instead I installed a full msys environment in addition to msysgit and
built the DLL there. The script that I added only gives a hint how to
proceed. It does not fully automatically build a new DLL.
I have no idea if it is possible to build a new DLL fully automatically.
The current recipe asks the user at some point to start a new shell by
running "msysdvlpr" and starting the built in the new shell. I already
spent some time on trying to upgrade the msys branch to a full built
environment without success. I don't plan to spend more time on this.
Steffen
