[Tuxmath-devel] Automated tuxmath win32 crossbuild with t4k_common

[David B. <dav...@gm...>]

Hi Brendan et al,

I've gotten most all the issues worked out to create the win32
crossbuild of the current tuxmath that uses t4k_common.  It would be
helpful if a few folks could test out the process and see how it
works, as well as testing the result win32 build.

1.  I've posted a couple of t4k_common tarballs on our alioth site,
the latest being 0.0.3.  There were a few things that created errors
with static linking that were not problems when t4k_common was used as
a shared library.  Mainly, there were still some duplicated variables
in tuxmath and t4k_common, plus the pkg-config file for t4k_common
needed more detailed info about dependencies.
2.  I've written a basic t4k_common.mk file for use in
mingw-cross-env.  This file has been added to both the tuxmath and
t4k_common repos.  To build t4k_common as part of mingw-cross-env, we
just place a copy of this file in e.g. /opt/mingw-cross-env/src, then
go to the main mingw-cross-env dir (e.g. /opt/mingw-cross-env) and run
"make t4k_common", which should build t4k_common and all dependencies.
3. In the tuxmath repo, there is a buildw32 directory that has some
scripts that can be used to do the build.  To set up the
mingw-cross-env installation, just run "./setup_ming-cross-env.sh".
You may want to edit $MINGW_DIR in the script to the location of your
choice.  The script basically does everything in #2 above.  After
that, you can run "./tmwin.sh" which should cross-build tuxmath and
create an executable installer.  (At the moment, there is an unrelated
error from a missing "el.po" file that I didn't get pushed yet.  That
should be fixed as soon as I get home).

If interested, I would recommend looking at the individual commands in
the scripts to get a better feel for what is going on.

The resulting build appears to work fine, including SDL_Pango (a first
for us on Windows), but there is one serious bug in the form of a
deadlock that appears if the player makes the "Hall of Fame".  I
haven't tested network play on Windows yet, but it is supposed to be
supported.

Regards,

David