Thank you very much Lemm!

David


At 11:01 AM 9/19/2011 +0200, Lemm Thomas wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I compiled libiconv-1.13.1 with VC10, natively. Please find 
>files attached as they are copied from my development directory. 
>These files worked with me. To get the original release to 
>compile, out the top of my head, I performed some changes to the 
>original sources (all of these changes you don't need to do 
>because they're in the files attached)
>
>- run configure on Cygwin to get the config.h files
>- manually change the config files (? Don't quite remember now)
>- make some project files
>- make few changes to sources (mostly #define directives)
>
>So, I hope this helps,
>
>Kind regards
>
>Thomas Lemm
>
>PS I'm still trying to get these changes prepared as a proper 
>patch to the libiconv project however I'm required to do 
>development other things for the time being (oracle pl/sql and 
>vba, yes live's a bitch and then you die)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Igor Zlatković [mailto:i...@zlatkovic.com] 
>Sent: 19 September 2011 10:35
>To: David Lawless
>Cc: xml@gnome.org; Patrick von Reth; Lemm Thomas
>Subject: Re: [xml] can't figure out how to build native Windows 
>'iconv'
>
>Hi,
>
>The file README.woe32 in iconv 1.14 source says "MS Visual C/C++ 
>with nmake is no longer supported."
>
>When I made my binary, which is 1.9.2, it was supported. I don't 
>have the source any longer, unfortunately, it was forgotten last 
>time I renewed the hardware. But I don't remember having to 
>modify it in any way, it provided a Makefile.msvc and compiled 
>out of the box.
>
>Perhaps you can grab the Makefile.msvc from an older version and 
>use it as a starting point.
>
>Ciao,
>Igor
>
>
>
>On 18/09/11 22:52, David Lawless wrote:
>> No thanks Patrick.  If necessary I'll write a 'nmake'
>> or slap together a VS project.  Just seems strange that the 
>GNU 
>> 'iconv' release doesn't include one of these or support for 
>building 
>> with CL in their CYGWIN make files.
>> 
>> Igor Zlatkovic appears to have it figured out for his binaries 
>found 
>> at
>> 
>>    http://www.zlatkovic.com/libxml.en.html
>> 
>> bug I couldn't find instructions or build files there.
>> 
>> Possibly Lemm Thomas can post the project files he created 
>back in 
>> July someplace.  I'd use them.
>> 
>> 
>> At 01:40 PM 9/18/2011 -0700, Patrick von Reth wrote:
>>> You could try winiconv a native icing implementation
>>>
>>>
>>> From: David Lawless
>>> Sent: 18.09.2011 22:15
>>> To: xml@gnome.org
>>> Subject: [xml] can't figure out how to build native Windows 
>'iconv'
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Searched for nearly an hour and dug in the release tree and I 
>can't 
>>> find any clear information on how to compile GNU 'libiconv' 
>natively 
>>> under Windows with Visual Studio 2008 and/or 2010.  Would 
>like to 
>>> build a native 'libxml2' that includes 'iconv', so this 
>appears to be 
>>> a prerequisite.  Need 64-bit.
>>>
>>> Have no reservations about using CYGWIN for building so long 
>as the 
>>> 'cl' compiler is used and no CYGWIN dependencies are present 
>in the 
>>> DLLs.
>>>
>>> 'nmake' is fine as well as is a VS project, though I dislike 
>the 
>>> using the IDE for anything other than debugging if it can be 
>avoided.
>>>
>>> Any help, links, etc. would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> David
>>>

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