Re: LibGSF on Windows

[Ryan Pavlik <abiryan ryand net>]

Ivan, Wong Yat Cheung wrote:
> Ryan Pavlik wrote:
> > Hello Gnumeric and LibGSF hackers and users!
>
> Hi there.
>
> > - The zlib dependency.  configure checks for -lz, but the file
> > installed with a proper zlib 1.2.3 install is libzdll.a.  Copying this
> > to libz.a is hacky, but appears to at least allow the build to advance
> > further.  (The build stops at a linking step if you rename rather than
> > copy.)
> IMHO libzdll.a should be named as libz.dll.a. However it's the 
> official name hardcoded in win32/Makefile.gcc...
I changed it to libz.dll.a as you suggested, and configure went off 
without a hitch.  make install complained about the lack of -lzdll, so i 
copied the same file to libzdll.a as it was originally.  This appeared 
to work.  Thanks!


> > libtool: link: warning: library `c:/MinGW/lib/libiconv.la' was moved.
> Please try to remove/rename c:/MinGW/lib/libiconv.la. la files on 
> Win32 is not necessary required and somtimes confuse libtool on Win32.
>
> Cheers,
> Ivan.
There is no libiconv.la at all (which I think is what the warning is 
suggesting).  I am using the libiconv bin and lib from gnuwin32  (1.9.2) 
[1]   because it seemed more recent and coherent than the one from TML 
[2] which had been used in its 1.8.1 version for previous versions.  Is 
this what you would recommend?

[1] 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23617&package_id=17090
[2] http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html 

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Ryan Pavlik
AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer
www.abisource.com

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