Problems in Build Tutorial

[JasonQSY]

Hi,

I’m a newcomer to ros-dev and currently try to build reactos. It is ok for me but I think
there might be slight problems in the tutorial.

>   cd output-MinGW-i386 
I think it maybe cd output-MinGW-i386/reactos . Running `ninja` under `output-MinGW-i386`
fails.

>   generates a bootable ReactOS ISO file (bootcd.iso)
> placed into the output directory 
I find `bootcd.iso` under `reactos` instead of `reactos/output`.

Are they outdated?

- JasonQSY

[Jared Smudde]

The instructions look fine.

The way I build ReactOS is as follows:

1) Create a new folder called reactos-source at C:\
2) Download and install RosBE and set my source path in the installer to
C:\reactos-source
3) Using TortoiseSVN, check out just the main source to C:\reactos-source
4) Launch RosBE so I'm in C:\reactos-source
5) Run configure.cmd
6) Run cd output-MinGW-i386
7) ninja bootcd
8) Out pops a bootcd.iso in C:\reactos-source\output-MinGW-i386

I've done it that way for the past 2 years and never have had an issue.

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From: Ros-dev <ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org> on behalf of JasonQSY
<jasonsyqian(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 10:17 AM
To: ros-dev(a)reactos.org
Subject: [ros-dev] Problems in Build Tutorial

Hi,

I'm a newcomer to ros-dev and currently try to build reactos. It is ok for me but I
think there might be slight problems in the
tutorial<https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Building_ReactOS>OS>.

>   cd output-MinGW-i386 
I think it maybe cd output-MinGW-i386/reactos . Running `ninja` under `output-MinGW-i386`
fails.

>   generates a bootable ReactOS ISO file (bootcd.iso)
> placed into the output directory 
I find `bootcd.iso` under `reactos` instead of `reactos/output`.

Are they outdated?

- JasonQSY

[Tim Crawford]

On Windows, the output directory is `output-${BUILD_ENVIRONMENT}-${ARCH}`.

On Linux, it is `output-${BUILD_ENVIRONMENT}-${ARCH}/reactos`.

This is because configure.sh will always make and use the `reactos` folder.
Windows only makes it if NEW_STYLE_BUILD=0.

See configure.sh and configure.cmd

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Jared Smudde <computerwhiz02(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:

>   The instructions look fine.
>
>  The way I build ReactOS is as follows:
>
>  1) Create a new folder called reactos-source at C:\
>  2) Download and install RosBE and set my source path in the installer to
>  C:\reactos-source
>  3) Using TortoiseSVN, check out just the main source to C:\reactos-source
>  4) Launch RosBE so I'm in C:\reactos-source
>  5) Run configure.cmd
>  6) Run cd output-MinGW-i386
>  7) ninja bootcd
>  8) Out pops a bootcd.iso in C:\reactos-source\output-MinGW-i386
>
>  I've done it that way for the past 2 years and never have had an issue.
>
>  ------------------------------
>  *From:* Ros-dev &lt;ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org&gt; on behalf of JasonQSY <
>  jasonsyqian(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2017 10:17 AM
>  *To:* ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  *Subject:* [ros-dev] Problems in Build Tutorial
>
>  Hi,
>
>  I’m a newcomer to ros-dev and currently try to build reactos. It is ok for
>  me but I think there might be slight problems in the tutorial
>  <https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Building_ReactOS>.
>
> >   cd output-MinGW-i386 
>  I think it maybe cd output-MinGW-i386/reactos . Running `ninja` under
>  `output-MinGW-i386` fails.
>
> >   generates a bootable ReactOS ISO file
> > (*bootcd.iso*) placed into the 
>  output directory
>
>  I find `bootcd.iso` under `reactos` instead of `reactos/output`.
>
>  Are they outdated?
>
>  - JasonQSY
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  Ros-dev mailing list
>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>  


-- 
*Tim Crawford*
Associate Software QA Automation Engineer
Datto, Inc.

www.datto.com

[David Quintana (gigaherz)]

Also, the output-blah-blah folder is only used if you run the configure
command right on the sources folder. I prefer to have dedicated build
output folders.

My reactos development setup looks like:

F:\reactos\
rosbe\
sources\
build\
mingw-x86-ninja
vs14-x86-msbuild
vs14-x86-ninja
...

So in my case, I 'cd' to build\<whatever>\ and in it run
..\..\sources\configure.cmd from there.

I also use my own custom build scripts, to automate the task completely,
but that's beside the point.

On 27 January 2017 at 17:51, Tim Crawford &lt;tcrawford(a)datto.com&gt; wrote:

>   On Windows, the output directory is
> `output-${BUILD_ENVIRONMENT}-${ARCH}`.
>
>  On Linux, it is `output-${BUILD_ENVIRONMENT}-${ARCH}/reactos`.
>
>  This is because configure.sh will always make and use the `reactos`
>  folder. Windows only makes it if NEW_STYLE_BUILD=0.
>
>  See configure.sh and configure.cmd
>
>  On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Jared Smudde &lt;computerwhiz02(a)hotmail.com
> >   wrote: 
> >   The instructions look fine.
> >
> >  The way I build ReactOS is as follows:
> >
> >  1) Create a new folder called reactos-source at C:\
> >  2) Download and install RosBE and set my source path in the installer to
> >  C:\reactos-source
> >  3) Using TortoiseSVN, check out just the main source to C:\reactos-source
> >  4) Launch RosBE so I'm in C:\reactos-source
> >  5) Run configure.cmd
> >  6) Run cd output-MinGW-i386
> >  7) ninja bootcd
> >  8) Out pops a bootcd.iso in C:\reactos-source\output-MinGW-i386
> >
> >  I've done it that way for the past 2 years and never have had an issue.
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> >  *From:* Ros-dev &lt;ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org&gt; on behalf of JasonQSY <
> >  jasonsyqian(a)gmail.com&gt;
> >  *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2017 10:17 AM
> >  *To:* ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> >  *Subject:* [ros-dev] Problems in Build Tutorial
> >
> >  Hi,
> >
> >  I’m a newcomer to ros-dev and currently try to build reactos. It is ok
> >  for me but I think there might be slight problems in the tutorial
> >  <https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Building_ReactOS>.
> >
> > >   cd output-MinGW-i386 
> >  I think it maybe cd output-MinGW-i386/reactos . Running `ninja` under
> >  `output-MinGW-i386` fails.
> >
> > >   generates a bootable ReactOS ISO file
> > > (*bootcd.iso*) placed into the 
> >  output directory
> >
> >  I find `bootcd.iso` under `reactos` instead of `reactos/output`.
> >
> >  Are they outdated?
> >
> >  - JasonQSY
> >
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  Ros-dev mailing list
> >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
> >  
>
>
>  --
>  *Tim Crawford*
>  Associate Software QA Automation Engineer
>  Datto, Inc.
>
>  www.datto.com
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  Ros-dev mailing list
>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>