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RE: building xwin packages


Harold,

Thanks for all your excellent help!  I shouldn't have any issues now. 
Again, hope you have a nice trip.

Cheers,
Nicholas

--- Harold Hunt <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com> wrote:
> Here is my cross compile build log so that you can see what is supposed
> to
> happen:
> 
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/World-cross.log.bz2 (156 KiB)
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Harold
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Nicholas Wourms
> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:09 PM
> > To: Harold Hunt
> > Subject: RE: building xwin packages
> >
> >
> > Harold,
> >
> > Before you go, don't forget to post the script :).  Thanks in advance
> and
> > have a pleasant trip!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nicholas
> > --- Harold Hunt <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com> wrote:
> > > Nicholas,
> > >
> > > > Is there anything different which must be done now to cross
> compile
> > > that
> > > > wasn't included in your directions or has changed since you wrote
> > > them?
> > >
> > > I haven't done a cross compile in a couple of months now.  I just
> > > deleted by
> > > Cygwin cross compiler off of my Linux machine, so I'd have to spend
> a
> > > bit of
> > > time to do a test cross compile right now.  I'm a little strapped
> for
> > > time
> > > right now and we're going out of town for the weekend, so it'll have
> to
> > > wait
> > > until next month sometime.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, I do recall that if you do not pass the flags
> > > *exactly*
> > > as documented the build process will usually bomb at imake.  You
> should
> > > be
> > > using the command like so (all on one line, but I wrapped it for
> > > readability):
> > > [harold@MyCrossHost std]$ make World
> > > BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS="-D__CYGWIN__ -Ulinux -DCrossCompiling=1"
> > > IMAKE_DEFINES="-D__CYGWIN__ -Ulinux" > World.log 2>&1
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > >
> > > Harold
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Nicholas Wourms [mailto:nwourms@yahoo.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:09 PM
> > > > To: Harold L Hunt
> > > > Subject: Re: building xwin packages
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Harold,
> > > >
> > > > I am quite aware of the the trias involved with building Xfree (I
> just
> > > > went trough it a few months ago on OSX ;)).  Given that, I was
> > > attempting
> > > > to follow the directions on in the contributor's guide regarding
> > > building
> > > > Xfree.  Unfortunately matters have been complicated twofold, as I
> am
> > > quite
> > > > dissappointed with the performance of compilation on my windows
> > > machine.
> > > > Therefore I was setting up a cross-compile environment on my suse
> 7.3
> > > > linux box per your directions.  This is where I want to ask a
> > > question:
> > > >
> > > > Is there anything different which must be done now to crosscompile
> > > that
> > > > wasn't included in your directions or has changed since you wrote
> > > them?
> > > >
> > > > I will follow the steps below and see if my result is different,
> but
> > > for
> > > > some reason when I followed your directions (before you sent this
> > > mail) in
> > > > the howto and double checked my process, the make process bombs
> out on
> > > > imake.c, complaining about a "imake.c:395: parse error before
> `1'".
> > > From
> > > > what I see crosscompiling needs different defines?  I'm not
> > > sure...despite
> > > > that my will is strong and my desire to recompile is kindled by
> the
> > > desire
> > > > to help in testing kde.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Nicholas
> > > >
> > > > --- Harold L Hunt <huntharo@msu.edu> wrote:
> > > > > Nicholas,
> > > > >
> > > > > Building the XFree86 packages for Cygwin is not for the faint of
> > > heart.
> > > > > It
> > > > > takes possibly many hours (especially for first timers) and
> there is
> > > a
> > > > > lot
> > > > > that can go wrong.  With that in mind, I'll point you to two of
> the
> > > > > three
> > > > > steps for building the packages, and I'll post the packaging
> script
> > > > > tonight
> > > > > when I am on the machine that has it.  I had posted the script
> > > before
> > > > > but the
> > > > > machine it was on is no longer accessible, so I'll have to put
> it
> > > > > somewhere
> > > > > else.  Be aware that you can start the first two steps and by
> the
> > > time
> > > > > that I
> > > > > post the packaging script in about 8 hours you still won't have
> > > built
> > > > > XFree86...
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Follow the instructions in the Cygwin/XFree86 Contributor's
> Guide
> > > for
> > > > > downloading the source for XFree86 and building it.  You'll want
> to
> > > grab
> > > > > the
> > > > > `xf-4_2-branch' of the source code.  I think you would do that
> with:
> > > > >
> > > > > cvs checkout -r xf-4_2-branch xc
> > > > >
> > > > > Notice that some of the patches to the latest Xxserv package
> were
> > > not
> > > > > applied
> > > > > to the xf-4_2-branch (I don't think Alan keeps an xf-4_2-branch
> tree
> > > > > around)
> > > > > so you'll need to grab the default branch and copy the files
> from
> > > > > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xwin/ into your 4_2 tree.
> > > > >
> > > > > The relevant steps in the Contributor's Guide are here:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/cg/prog-build-native.html
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) After building XFree86 you'll need to create the XFree86
> > > packages,
> > > > > which is
> > > > > very difficult.  I've attempted to create a Cygwin-specific
> version
> > > of
> > > > > the
> > > > > instructions for this at:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/cg/prog-distribution.html
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 3) Now you need to convert the XFree86 packages into Cygwin
> > > packages.
> > > > > This is
> > > > > done with the build.sh script that Ian Burrell wrote and I
> modified.
> > > > > I'll
> > > > > post this later tonight, but the basic idea is that you copy the
> > > XFree86
> > > > > packages into a directory with build.sh, then run the script. 
> It
> > > takes
> > > > > about
> > > > > 5 to 10 minutes on my 1200 Athlon with a pretty quick hard
> drive, so
> > > I
> > > > > wouldn't be surprised if it took up to an hour on older
> hardware.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > You'd better be really sure that you actually want to do this
> before
> > > you
> > > > > put
> > > > > any time into it.  There is a reason that XFree86 was not
> > > installable
> > > > > via
> > > > > Cygwin's setup.exe for almost a year after we started using the
> > > XFree86
> > > > > packaging script.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Good luck,
> > > > >
> > > > > Harold
> > > > >
> > > > > Nicholas Wourms <nwourms@yahoo.com> said:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Harold,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How do you build the packages for use with setup.exe?  Do you
> use
> > > a
> > > > > script
> > > > > > or do you do it by hand?  If it is a script, would you post it
> > > please?
> > > > >
> > > > > > The reason I ask is because I want to recompile X and add it
> to my
> > > > > local
> > > > > > install directory with upset.  Thanks in advance!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > Nicholas
> > > > > >
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