[Chicken-users] Fix for MinGW build

[Sergey Khorev]

Breaking my previous statement, here is a path to fix compilation in MinGW + 
MSYS environment because I've decided to do MinGW work step-by-step rather than 
preparing all-in-one super patch

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--- old-chicken/Makefile.am     Fri Dec 16 16:16:31 2005
+++ new-chicken/Makefile.am     Fri Dec 16 16:16:31 2005
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libchicken.la libuchicken.la
 
 if IS_MINGW
-chickenlibsources = extras.c match-support.c lolevel.c tinyclos.c utils.c 
tcp.c pcre.c posixwin.c stub.c
-chickenulibsources = uextras.c umatch-support.c ulolevel.c utinyclos.c 
uutils.c utcp.c upcre.c uposixwin.c stub.c
+chickenlibsources = extras.c match-support.c lolevel.c tinyclos.c utils.c 
tcp.c pregexp.c posixwin.c stub.c
+chickenulibsources = uextras.c umatch-support.c ulolevel.c utinyclos.c 
uutils.c utcp.c upregexp.c uposixwin.c stub.c
 else
 if USE_PCRE
 chickenlibsources = extras.c match-support.c lolevel.c tinyclos.c utils.c 
tcp.c pcre.c posix.c stub.c

--- old-chicken/README  Fri Dec 16 16:16:31 2005
+++ new-chicken/README  Fri Dec 16 16:16:31 2005
@@ -291,19 +291,22 @@
          C:/chicken-1.66 ... spaces in the path to the existing
          CHICKEN installation will cause problems)
 
-         Sergey Khorev reported how to build Chicken under MinGW with support 
for shared libraries:
+         Sergey Khorev reported how to build Chicken under MinGW with support 
+               for shared libraries with some hacking involved:
 
-         "Meanwhile I built Chicken with shared libs on MinGW. There is some
-         hacking though. For those interested:
-
-         1) ./configure
-          2) edit Makefile to set BOOTSTRAP_PATH
-         3) edit libtool, change 'deplibs_check_method' value to "pass_all" (it
-            seems that libtool tries to be too smart, giving stupid results).
-         4) mkdir $MINGWDIR/lib/.libs;
-            cp $MINGWDIR/lib/libws2_32.a $MINGWDIR/lib/.libs
+         1) Install MinGW and MSYS
+         2) Don't use rxvt (default MSYS shortcut), better run MSYS's shell 
using command
+               sh --login -i
+         3) ./configure
+          4) edit Makefile to set BOOTSTRAP_PATH
+         5) patch libtool with
+               sed -e 's/\(deplibs_check_method=\).*/\1"pass_all"/' libtool > 
libtool.new
+               cp libtool.new libtool
+         (it seems that libtool tries to be too smart, giving stupid results).
+         6) mkdir $MINGWDIR/lib/.libs;
+            cp $MINGWDIR/lib/libws2_32.a $MINGWDIR/lib/.libs/libws2_32.dll.a
             where MINGWDIR is the where MinGW is installed
-         5) make, make install, enjoy"
+         7) make, make install, enjoy
 
          CMake also supports MinGW, so you might try that instead.
 


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