RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-07-11 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Peter Ekberg wrote: Yes, I came across that one, but it seemed heavy handed for the job at hand. I think my approach is neater, but I'm biased :-) In what way is your script better than my version that simply uses the cmd script from MSYS? I am not sure that my script is "

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-07-11 Thread Peter Ekberg
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Peter Ekberg wrote: > > You don't seem to understand what's going on... On MSYS there > > is no "official" way to convert a posix path to a win32 path > > (like cygpath on Cygwin). But if you execute any executable > > outside of the MSYS /bin or /usr/b

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-07-11 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Peter Ekberg wrote: You don't seem to understand what's going on... On MSYS there is no "official" way to convert a posix path to a win32 path (like cygpath on Cygwin). But if you execute any executable outside of the MSYS /bin or /usr/bin directories (and perhaps other place

Re: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-07-05 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, To prevent another week long latency, I'll do a couple of replies, starting with the easy issues. * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:01:37PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > I'm very sorry it took me so long to write this email. > Besides, I'm taking revenge by send

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-07-05 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I'm very sorry it took me so long to write this email. > Nice to see you are making progress. :) Doing my best, it's not always so easy to decypher what's going on in guts of libtool... Besides, I'm taking revenge by sending a mail that I've been writing o

Re: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-06-27 Thread Charles Wilson
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:15:33PM CEST: Yes. That, and I'm unsure of if there are any patches needed for Cygwin (which I guess I would be using to bootstrap) and since Cygwin has a strange side-by-side installation of autotools. Not anymore. Or, we

Re: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-06-27 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, I'm very sorry it took me so long to write this email. Nice to see you are making progress. :) * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:15:33PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:57:33PM CEST: > > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > >

Re: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-06-17 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Gary, * Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 10:27:56AM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > >Well, I'd really like to have the pending patches and Gary's fix for > >"the last big bug" in the next prerelease. Dunno when Gary has time > >again, though (I'll be gone next week, by the wa

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-06-17 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:57:33PM CEST: > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > > > `link -LIB' can be a problem if the cygwin `link' (to create > > > hard links) > > > comes before the win32 paths. `LIB' works here. > > > > I have a fix

Re: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-06-17 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Well, I'd really like to have the pending patches and Gary's fix for "the last big bug" in the next prerelease. Dunno when Gary has time again, though (I'll be gone next week, by the way). Hopefully, I'll have my Arch repositories back up over the weekend (I hosed them

Re: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-06-11 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, * Peter Ekberg wrote on Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:57:33PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > `link -LIB' can be a problem if the cygwin `link' (to create > > hard links) > > comes before the win32 paths. `LIB' works here. > > I have a fix for that in the attached patch, where you c

RE: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-06-10 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I've tried your patch now, with cygwin and this version: > > | Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for 80x86 > | Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved. > > configured like: CC=cl CXX=cl. > > Notes:

Re: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-06-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, I've tried your patch now, with cygwin and this version: | Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.3077 for 80x86 | Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved. configured like: CC=cl CXX=cl. Notes: `link -LIB' can be a problem if the cygwi

Re: MSYS+MSVC for libtool branch-2-0, take 2

2005-06-09 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, First, let me thank you for your hard work on this! Then, let me give a couple of quick comments, and sorry that I still haven't had a chance to test any of it myself (so take the comments with a grain of salt). * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 02:01:35PM CEST: > > I have n