Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] [win32-gui] some more gnu make issues

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

Robert May schrieb:
> Reini Urban wrote:
>> Robert May schrieb:
>>> Reini Urban wrote:
>>>> samples/standard_images.pl is either missing as file in CVS, or
>>>> wrongly in MANIFEST.
>>>> same for :
>>>> win32-gui-demos.pl
>>>> Win32-GUI-Constants/TODO
>>>> Win32-GUI-Constants/Changes
>>> Win32-gui-demos.pl removed (will add again later, when finished)
>>>
>>> Win32-GUI-Constants/TODO
>>> Win32-GUI-Constants/Changes
>>>
>>> Added.
>> Thanks. Builds now almost under cygwin.
>>
>> 1. samples/standard_images.pl is still in MANIFEST
> 
> Oops.  My bad.  I'll check in the missing file before the end of the 
> weekend.

thanks.

>> 2. In Makefile for gnu make the "-" before cp didn't work for me to copy 
>> the demos. So I changed that to
>>
>> demos:
>> 	$(MKPATH) $(INST_DEMO)
>> 	$(CP) samples/*.pl $(INST_DEMO)
>> 	$(CP) samples/*.cur $(INST_DEMO)
>> 	$(CP) samples/*.bmp $(INST_DEMO)
>> 	$(CP) samples/*.ico $(INST_DEMO)
>>
>> Otherwise the errorlevel is set:
>> cp samples/* blib/lib/Win32/GUI/demos
>> cp: omitting directory `samples/CVS'
>> make: [demos] Error 1 (ignored)
> 
> That look like it is expected to.  The "-" before the cp results in the 
> "(ignored)" on the last line: cp is returning a non-zero exit status, 
> but make (which would normally abort when this happens), is ignoring it 
> and continuing.

I know that "-" should suppress the make errorlevel breakout. Hmm. 
Something really weird.

> 
> The files should have all been copied correctly.  I'll address a better 
> way of copying the demo files (similar to that done in the subdirs) in a 
> future release, but not immediately.
> 
> The changes you propose should not be necessary.
> 
>> 3. gnu make, make test, make install doesn't recurse into the subdirs 
>> Win32-GUI-AxWindow, Win32-GUI-DIBitmap, Win32-GUI-Grid
> 
> That's by design.  None of those 3 modules can be built (as far as I 
> know) with gcc, as they rely on one or other of the MFC or ATL 
> frameworks, which only come with MS compilers.

Ok, I'll port them then. Shouldn't be that hard to produce
import libs on the fly for those MS dll's.
Just the names will have to be redecorated. Some .def file munging.

http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC103
-- 
Reini Urban