Re: [Vala] How to: Cross Compile Vala to Win32/64

[bsquared <bwcode4u gmail com>]

On 10/21/2012 04:18 PM, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> On 10/20/2012 09:33 PM, bsquared wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > It's been a while since I have looked at Vala.  I am preparing to write
> > a simple app that I would like to make available for Linux and Windows.
> >
> > I am having trouble finding documentation to cross-compile an app
> > written in Vala to Windows binary.  I want to code the project in Anjuta
> > and compile both Linux and Windows versions from this code base using
> > Linux mingw tools.
>
> The fact that you're using Vala shouldn't make much of a difference. If
> you're using a build system that is capable of cross-compiling C code
> with GCC and compiles Vala to C instead of using a short-cut, then you
> should be able to follow the documentation for cross-compiling with your
> chosen build system.
>
> If you're using Anjuta, you should have some IDE support for
> autoconf/automake, and these build tools, while notoriously unintuitive,
> are extremely powerful, quite well documented, and have as good support
> for cross compiling as you're likely to get. I expect that any
> documentation of cross-compiling to windows using automake will apply to
> a Vala project that uses automake's built in Vala support.
>
>
> Cross compiling will still be a pain in the ass, of course. Also, if you
> ask me, you shouldn't rely on wine for testing, but rather get a copy of
> Windows to run in a VM (or, ideally, on actual hardware), or just don't
> release Windows binaries in the first place.
>
> Thomas Jollans

Thanks for your response.  I don't plan to reply solely on wine for
testing -- just for preliminaries.


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Regards,
Brian