From: David A. <da...@us...> - 2005-08-19 16:11:01
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Michael - Right now we have two completely different methods for building ooRexx. The first is used on Unix systems and uses the auto tools and GCC to compile ooRexx. The second is a set of batch files and make files for building ooRexx on Windows. The two methods are entirely different and not easily maintained, especially the Windows build process. The goal is to use the auto tools under CygWin and MSVC++ to build ooRexx on Windows. This means that there will be only one set of instructions on how to build ooRexx on both Unix/Windows and one set of file dependencies to maintain. Since CygWin is a completely free tool anyone can install and use it. ooRexx has always been built on Windows using the MSVC++ compiler so the only requirement that we will be adding is that the build must be done within a CygWin environment. This does not seem to be a large barrier since most users will be downloading the Windows binaries and not building ooRexx itself. Only the ooRexx team will really be involved in this and those developers curious enough to try it. But it will make the ooRexx development team's job MUCH easier. BTW, the GCC compiler is the most used compiler in the world, believe it or not. Linux itself and practically every application on every Linux distribution is built with the GCC compiler. GCC is also used on other Unix platforms like AIX, HP-UX and Solaris. And there are versions for embedded processors as well. GCC is the most advanced and standards compliant compiler in the marketplace today. Thanks, W. David Ashley IBM Linux Technology Center OpenHPI and Open Object Rexx Team Home Office: 512-246-9106 Mobile Phone: 512-289-7506 IBM Phone: 512-838-0609 T/L 678-0609 Intranet: David Ashley/Austin/IBM@IBMUS Internet: da...@us... Alternate Internet: da...@ho... "Michael Lueck" <ml...@lu...> Sent by: oor...@li... 08/19/2005 10:44 AM Please respond to oorexx-devel To: "oor...@li..." <oor...@li...> cc: Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] How To Build ooRexx on CygWin On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:30:29 -0500, David Ashley wrote: >So I have been trying to substitute the standard MS Visual C++ compiler >and linker for GCC under CygWin. Thus I gather the intent is to have ooRexx inside the CygWin environment and not so much the use of GCC as a replacement for MSCPP, correct? If you had been simply trying to use GCC on Windows then MinGW might have been the direction you were going? (At least from memory I remember that project being straight up GCC for Windows.) Is CygWin really that widely used for real applications / implementations? I know, get the ooRexx flag flying as many places as we can... still, fighting with compilers is not generally considered "leisure time"! ;-) Thanks for the update... sounds like MSCPP better not go away anytime soon! Michael ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oor...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel |