Re: Problem building Gtk2 using MinGW/dmake on Windows XP

[rahed <raherh gmail com>]

"spicy jack" <elspicyjack gmail com> writes:

> which caused me to add dll's to EXTRALIBS and LDLOADLIBS in the
> Makefile, which got Glib and Cairo compiled.  The same trick is not
> working for Gtk2.  Here's the output when I run the 'dmake' command

Hello,

I remember how painfull it was when I built these modules with dmake.
If it's of any help:

My current module versions:
Cairo 1.041, Gtk2 1.146, Glib 1.144
Because there's a problem with Cairo symbols, check the following:

Cairo Makefile has the key lines starting with EXTRALIBS and
LDLOADLIBS, append the following text:

C:\GTK\lib\libpangocairo-1.0.dll.a C:\GTK\lib\libcairo.dll.a

and include an aditional line in the $(INST_DYNAMIC) section (following
$(LD) line:

$(LD) -o Cairo.dll $(LDDLFLAGS) $(LDFROM)
-Wl,-out-implib,blib/arch/auto/Cairo/libCairo.a $(EXPORT_LIST)
$(OTHERLDFLAGS) $(MYEXTLIB) $(PERL_ARCHIVE) $(LDLOADLIBS) dll.exp

The same way other modules were built (Glib, Gtk2).

Gtk2 Makefile.PL also needs another fix:
line with 'if /Glib.lib/i' should read 'if /libGlib.a/i' and
line with 'if /Cairo.lib/i' should read 'if /libCairo.a/i'.

HTH

-- 
Radek