Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread Ruben Van Boxem
Op 6 jan. 2013 02:21 schreef JonY jo...@users.sourceforge.net het volgende: On 1/6/2013 05:49, K. Frank wrote: I don't currently have msys or a unix emulator set up. So the suggestion to try out the configure script just to see involves a little more work than just trying it out.

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread Kai Tietz
2013/1/6 Ruben Van Boxem vanboxem.ru...@gmail.com: Op 6 jan. 2013 02:21 schreef JonY jo...@users.sourceforge.net het volgende: On 1/6/2013 05:49, K. Frank wrote: I don't currently have msys or a unix emulator set up. So the suggestion to try out the configure script just to see involves

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread Ruben Van Boxem
2013/1/6 Kai Tietz ktiet...@googlemail.com 2013/1/6 Ruben Van Boxem vanboxem.ru...@gmail.com: Op 6 jan. 2013 02:21 schreef JonY jo...@users.sourceforge.net het volgende: On 1/6/2013 05:49, K. Frank wrote: I don't currently have msys or a unix emulator set up. So the suggestion

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread JonY
On 1/6/2013 18:54, Kai Tietz wrote: I'm thinking (perhaps wrongly) that if I start with the unix configure script, I'll be more likely to get bumped over into unix-style, pthreads and posix sockets land, where if I start on the visual studio side, I might be more likely to end up with windows

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread Ruben Van Boxem
2013/1/6 JonY jo...@users.sourceforge.net On 1/6/2013 18:54, Kai Tietz wrote: I'm thinking (perhaps wrongly) that if I start with the unix configure script, I'll be more likely to get bumped over into unix-style, pthreads and posix sockets land, where if I start on the visual studio

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread JonY
On 1/6/2013 20:55, Ruben Van Boxem wrote: To get this thread back on-topic and to prove my point (even with autotools if you didn't have a platform in mind it probably won't work out of the box), I tried the quickfix autotools and got (the half-expected): libtool: compile:

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread Ruben Van Boxem
2013/1/6 JonY jo...@users.sourceforge.net On 1/6/2013 20:55, Ruben Van Boxem wrote: To get this thread back on-topic and to prove my point (even with autotools if you didn't have a platform in mind it probably won't work out of the box), I tried the quickfix autotools and got (the

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread K. Frank
Hi Ruben (and Peter) - First, thanks to everyone for their comments. This discussion has been very informative and helpful. Before commenting inline, below, please let me semi-hijack this section of the thread with a comment to Peter: I've downloaded (but not yet installed) CodeLite, and have

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread JonY
On 1/6/2013 21:38, Ruben Van Boxem wrote: I'll try to clarify my point one more time: yes it is possible in autotools to exclude code depending on configure. But that is not an autotools specific feature. Code and/or build systems not meant to be used on platforms that weren't in the dev's

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread Earnie Boyd
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Ray Donnelly wrote: I've had a quick look at the source code and it's littered with stuff like: #ifdef _MSC_VER Which is the wrong MACRO to detect Windows build. It is the right MACRO to detect using MSVC. #include Winsock2.h ... So the fact is that the

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread NightStrike
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Ray Donnelly mingw.andr...@gmail.com wrote: I've had a quick look at the source code and it's littered with stuff like: Kudos for looking at the source! :) #ifdef _MSC_VER #include Winsock2.h ... So the fact is that the code itself conflates Windows builds

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-06 Thread K. Frank
Hello Ray! On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Ray Donnelly mingw.andr...@gmail.com wrote: I've had a quick look at the source code and it's littered with stuff like: #ifdef _MSC_VER #include Winsock2.h Yes, this is indeed the case. but this is actually good because there is (appears to be) a

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-05 Thread Eli Zaretskii
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 22:47:58 -0500 From: K. Frank kfrank2...@gmail.com I see three ways to proceed: 1) Start with the actual source (i.e., .cpp files, etc.) and put together my own mingw32-make-compatible makefile. I think this should be relatively straightforward, but tedious, and

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-05 Thread Ruben Van Boxem
2013/1/4 K. Frank kfrank2...@gmail.com Hi Lists! What are people's thoughts on porting a linux / visual studio project to mingw and / or mingw-w64? I had asked earlier whether anyone had built QuickFIX with mingw and / or mingw-w64. I conclude from the relative silence that mingw is not

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-05 Thread K. Frank
Hello Ruben and All! On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Ruben Van Boxem vanboxem.ru...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/1/4 K. Frank kfrank2...@gmail.com Hi Lists! What are people's thoughts on porting a linux / visual studio project to mingw and / or mingw-w64? I had asked earlier whether anyone had

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-05 Thread JonY
On 1/6/2013 05:49, K. Frank wrote: I don't currently have msys or a unix emulator set up. So the suggestion to try out the configure script just to see involves a little more work than just trying it out. Feels handicapped. To Ruben's comment: Is there some way I can check whether the

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-04 Thread JonY
On 1/4/2013 11:47, K. Frank wrote: So, I'm not asking for a recipe to build QuickFIX in particular. Rather, I'm hoping for some wisdom on how to port a relatively clean, cross-platform (joint linux / visual studio) project to mingw, and on what tricky points I might encounter when doing so.

[Mingw-w64-public] [Mingw-users] Thoughts on how to build a linux / visual studio project (QuickFIX) with mingw

2013-01-03 Thread K. Frank
Hi Lists! What are people's thoughts on porting a linux / visual studio project to mingw and / or mingw-w64? I had asked earlier whether anyone had built QuickFIX with mingw and / or mingw-w64. I conclude from the relative silence that mingw is not directly supported by the QuickFIX project,