Re: [gtkmm] Help! compile gtkmm2.2.5 with mingw under Windows.

[Frank Naumann <fnaumann cs uni-magdeburg de>]

Hello!

> > I downloaded libsigc++ 1.2.5, compiled it with mingw, compiled it with
> > MSVC, compiled and run all tests under mingw and MSVC.
>
> Is libsigc++ built as a DLL ?

Now, as static library. I used the MSVC project files shipped with
libsigc++ (btw. there are two folders with MSVC Net2003 project files and
there ís a typo in a filename).

> Let me repeat my question : did you use
> libtoolize/aclocal/automake/autoconf to recreate libtool and the
> configure script or do you use the ones provided in the official source
> tarball ?

I used the ones provided in the tarball. I thought gtkmm have uptodate
libtool? I will recreate it and try again (but I remember this was not so
easy last time I tried).

> > So my question, what environment do you used to compile gtkmm under mingw?
>
> cygwin + the latest mingw distribution (currently with gcc-3.2.3).

Is there a significant difference between cygwin and msys as build
environment (especially for the libtool/auto* stuff)?

> See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112809

Ok. Btw. is this the recommended way of supporting MSVC (I mean the
project files; theoretically it's also possible to use the
Makefiles/libtool).

> As a general hint, building gtkmm on win32 is not easy at all. That's
> why I provide the binaries in the first place. You'd better be
> proficient in autotools magic.

Yes :-/


Regards,
Frank Naumann