Re: [Mingw-users] Mingw application fails to transfer from XP on PC1 to XP on PC2

[djd <dj...@cm...>]

On 5/03/2012 6:32 PM, Sergio NNX wrote:
> > Well, you already know the answer to that, since you were in exactly
> > this position, and saw what happens ;-)
> >
> > > Your guess was incorrect, but clouded by the issue that libregex.a is
> > > just a copy of libgnurx.dll.a.
> > > Do you still want the -v output?
> >
> > No. I guess you'll need to get the sources of that mingw-libgnurx
> > package and build the static library yourself, to solve this.
>
> Ciao.
>
> We seem to be going around in circles here. Is it possible to have 
> access to this app source code so I can have a go at it?
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
Yes, we have gone around a complete circle and I am back to more or less 
where this part started, the
need for a `genuine' static libregex.a - except I did not realise it was 
not `genuine'. However, I am not
complaining, the only c program I have ever compiled previously, maybe 
30 years ago,  was "Hello word"
and I have never used mingw or gcc.  I have learnt a lot through this 
exercise.

I have attached two files, the original source uni2ascii.zip (its on the 
internet somewhere) and my modified
version. Originally I tried using the configure script included in 
uni2ascii.zip, however after much trying, it was
just too convoluted (for me) to easily work out what was going on, so I 
went back to the original *.c files and
started again.

That meant obtaining some additional source (getline, win32-uname, ...) 
and headers and I temporarily
renamed the output convert.exe to avoid confusing myself. All these *.c 
files are in convert.zip and most of the
extra headers plus the compile line I have been using. But some of the 
additional headers are in their
usual directories and I cannot immediately remember what they were. 
However if they are not obvious
to you, I am sure I can work it out.

And thanks to Eli Zaretskii for his knowledge and doggedness in sticking 
with me when I must have
appeared appallingly clueless to him.

Regards