Re: Compiling glib2.32.1 for windows

[Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh yahoo com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Maarten Bosmans <mkbosmans gmail com>
> To: Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh yahoo com>
> Cc: Yann Leboulanger <asterix lagaule org>; "gtk-list gnome org" <gtk-list gnome org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2012 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Compiling glib2.32.1 for windows
> 
> 2012/4/25 Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh yahoo com>:
>>  Being in your shoes I first would try to build glib-2.28.8 and, if it 
> works, hack the Makefile of the tool - just change glib version.
>> 
>>  AFAIR, the tool also contains MD5 (or similar) sums, so this need to be 
> hacked too. The checksums are listed on download sites (ftp.gnome.org). 
> Everything is pretty straightforward.
>> 
>>  If, by any chance, glib-2.30+ needs a package missing in the suite, then 
> you are in trouble.
>> 
>>  According to my "records", glib-2.24.2 (the latest I build for 
> Linux) needs gettext, libiconv, pcre - maybe there are no new dependencies in 
> glib-2.30+.
> 
> If I remember correctly, since GLib 2.30 libffi is also a dependency.
> 
> There is an up-to-date GLib package on the OpenSUSE Build Service,
> cross-compiled for win32 and win64:
> https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=mingw32-glib2&project=windows%3Amingw%3Awin32
> 
> Download it directly from:
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_12.1/noarch/
> or using the utility script:
> https://github.com/mkbosmans/download-mingw-rpm
> 
> Maarten
>

Yes, 'libffi' is now a dependency too - I recently compiled glib-2.32.2, so now I know for sure.

OTOH, 'libffi' apparently depends only on standard library.

Regards,
  Sergei.