> Note that there are thousands of open source projects licensed under the > GPL/LGPL which not only don't provide packaging scripts but also fail to > build correctly on most platforms which they > claim to support.
In fairness to open source projects, I have to say that that has not been my experience of them. > We have several windows machines where nxlog can build successfully in an > msys environment. It's possible that something has changed meanwhile in the > dependencies, in msys or in mingw that causes the > build to fail and it is also possible that I or somebody else tweaked the > build environment , but I can't recall seeing the exact error you are having. > Believe it or not, I'd like to help you. Unfortunately it would require a > substantial amount of time to set up a fresh windows and start installing > build dependencies from scratch to be able to > reproduce the build problem you are having. And all this just to support YOU > on my free time for free, where YOU is a company "Surpassing 2,700 Employees > and $1 Billion in Sales" which is probably > interested in selling a modified version of nxlog to customers and only > making available the source code to those customers only. I think you misunderstand. I am not asking you to reproduce my problem. I am asking you for the instructions that you follow to build your Windows binary. The reason I listed what I had tried was to demonstrate to you that I had invested half a day of my company's time trying to make it work, that I am not just expecting something for nothing. In fairness to my employer, I must repeat what I said previously, its preference is to contribute source code back whenever possible. Furthermore it pays for licenses, it pays for support, it pays for enhancements and it contributes bug fixes to open source projects. Chris Main This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential, legally privileged and protected in law and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any view or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ViaSat. If you have received this Email in error please contact the sender by return and confirm that its contents have been destroyed without further distribution or disclosure. Please email ad...@viasat.uk.com<mailto:ad...@viasat.uk.com> with any questions relating to this disclaimer. ViaSat has Registered Offices at Sandford Lane, Wareham, Dorset BH20 4DY. The company is registered in England and Wales under no: 3007498. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134791&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ nxlog-ce-users mailing list nxlog-ce-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nxlog-ce-users
