Compiling under Linux

[Walt Ogburn]

Hi,
I tried compiling ReactOS under Linux, but I couldn't find the mingw C++
compiler.  I have installed the mingw packages from
        http://mirzam.it.vu.nl/mingw/
as suggested by the Wine documentation for building MS Windows executables
from the Wine test suite.  However, the C++ compiler doesn't seem to be
included, so the build dies with
        glu32: [CXX] libnurbs/interface/bezierEval.cc
        make[1]: i386-mingw32-g++: Command not found
        make[1]: *** [libnurbs/interface/bezierEval.o] Error 127
        make: *** [glu32] Error 2
Is there a convenient way to install all of the mingw utilities needed to
compile ReactOS under Linux, or is it necessary to start from the mingw
source?  Are others building ReactOS under Linux?
(I also tried building with the MS Windows version of mingw under wine,
but wine's wcmd is too limited).
Thanks,
- Walter

[Casper Hornstrup]

>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-general-bounces(a)reactos.com
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Walt Ogburn
>  Sent: 7. marts 2005 01:51
>  To: ros-general(a)reactos.com
>  Subject: [ros-general] Compiling under Linux
>  Hi,
>  I tried compiling ReactOS under Linux, but I couldn't find
>  the mingw C++ compiler.  I have installed the mingw packages from
>         http://mirzam.it.vu.nl/mingw/
>   
This script will setup mingw for you:
http://reactos.csh-consult.dk/download.php?id=13
Casper

[Sylvain Petreolle]

 --- Casper Hornstrup <ch(a)csh-consult.dk> a écrit :
>  This script will setup mingw for you:
>  http://reactos.csh-consult.dk/download.php?id=13
>  Casper
>   
This script downloads and builds gcc 3.4.1.
According to the wiki Build Environment page, this version has several issues.
Shouldnt he use another one ?
=====
Kind regards,
Usurp (aka Sylvain Petreolle)
humans are like computers,
yesterday the BIOS was all
- today its just a word

[Casper Hornstrup]

>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-general-bounces(a)reactos.com
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Sylvain
>  Petreolle
>  Sent: 7. marts 2005 17:25
>  To: ReactOS General List
>  Subject: RE: [ros-general] Compiling under Linux
>   --- Casper Hornstrup <ch(a)csh-consult.dk> a écrit :
> >  This script will setup mingw for you:
> >  http://reactos.csh-consult.dk/download.php?id=13
> >  Casper
> >   
>  This script downloads and builds gcc 3.4.1.
>  According to the wiki Build Environment page, this version
>  has several issues.
>  Shouldnt he use another one ? 
I don't know. What are the problems with it?
The script patches std_cwchar.h if that is what you are referring to.
Casper

[Walt Ogburn]

Thanks.  I had to change the binutils version because the one in the
script got a 404 from sourceforge:
        # BINUTILS=binutils-2.15.90-20040222-1-src.tar.gz
        BINUTILS=binutils-2.15.94-20050118-1-src.tar.gz
Also, the gcc.tmp directory during the build process became huge
(3.3 GB!) and filled the partition.  Is this normal?
- Walter
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Casper Hornstrup wrote:
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >  From: ros-general-bounces(a)reactos.com
> >  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Walt Ogburn
> >  Sent: 7. marts 2005 01:51
> >  To: ros-general(a)reactos.com
> >  Subject: [ros-general] Compiling under Linux
> >  Hi,
> >  I tried compiling ReactOS under Linux, but I couldn't find
> >  the mingw C++ compiler.  I have installed the mingw packages from
> >         http://mirzam.it.vu.nl/mingw/
> >  
>  This script will setup mingw for you:
>  http://reactos.csh-consult.dk/download.php?id=13
>  Casper
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[Walt Ogburn]

It's now working, with the following packages changed in the script:
        # BINUTILS=binutils-2.15.90-20040222-1-src.tar.gz
        BINUTILS=binutils-2.15.94-20050118-1-src.tar.gz
        # GCCCORE=gcc-core-3.4.1-20040711-1-src.tar.gz
        GCCCORE=gcc-core-3.4.2-20040916-1-src.tar.gz
        # GCCGPP=gcc-g++-3.4.1-20040711-1-src.tar.gz
        GCCGPP=gcc-g++-3.4.2-20040916-1-src.tar.gz
It turns out the script has an odd failure mode if one the gcc source
packages can't be found - it starts copying /* into
${BUILDBASE}/gcc.tmp/gcc.src!  Hence the 3.3 GB I found in gcc.tmp.
Thanks,
Walter
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Walt Ogburn wrote:
>   Thanks.  I had to change the binutils version because
> the one in the
>  script got a 404 from sourceforge:
>         # BINUTILS=binutils-2.15.90-20040222-1-src.tar.gz
>         BINUTILS=binutils-2.15.94-20050118-1-src.tar.gz
>  Also, the gcc.tmp directory during the build process became huge
>  (3.3 GB!) and filled the partition.  Is this normal?
>  - Walter
>