Fwd: Intent on compiling DIA with gnu tools

[James Michael DuPont <mdupont777 yahoo com>]

This is what I intend on doing.
mike

--- James Michael DuPont <mdupont777 yahoo com> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 11:36:18 -0700 (PDT)
> From: James Michael DuPont <mdupont777 yahoo com>
> Subject: Intent on compiling DIA with gnu tools
> To: gnuwin32-devel lists sourceforge net
>
> Dear friends,
> I am trying to get the tools that are needed to
> compile gnome dia. 
>
> The current port is almost impossible to compile, 
> and I would like to use the mingw compiler chain to do this.
> http://hans.breuer.org/dia/default.htm
>
> I have installed ming, and msys.
>
> The packages that I want to compile are : 
>  * libiconv-1.7
>  * gettext-0.10.40 
>
> Now the tricky bits might be :
>  * gtk+-1.3.0
>  * glib-2.0.4
>
> Well, that is the plan, here are the problems : 
>
> 1. When compiling libiconv, it wants to run ranlib on nothing!
>   I had to ignore that error, cannot figure it out.
>   /usr/bin/install.exe -cpD -m 644 .libs/libcharset.a
>   c:/progra~1/libiconv/lib/libcharset.a
>   ranlib c:/progra
>
> 2. when compiling gettext, The makefile.sed is broken, i have to go
> back to the cygwin sed.
>
> I was wondering how you build these packages, 
> and if there is any way for me to build them? What tools do I need to
> install? can you help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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