-> Set your path so that it includes the directory
where your compiler and tools reside
-b-2) Using Mingw32 with gcc-2.95 and Anders Norlander's
- Win32 headers
+b-2) Using Mingw32 with gcc-2.95 and Anders Norlander's
+ Win32 headers
Using the newer gcc-2.95/Noralander header combination
will allow you to compile more of the MSW code, such
Instructions are similar to those for Regular Mingw32 except
-->Get the compiler from
+->Get the compiler from
ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/gcc-2.95/
-->patch the gcc headers with info in wxWin\Mingw32-gcc295.patches.
+->patch the gcc headers with info in wxWin\Mingw32-gcc295.patches.
PLEASE APPLY THESE PATCHES BY HAND! There are apparently a few
different versions of the headers floating around.
-->copy wxWin\src\makeg295.env to wxWin\src\makeg95.env
+->Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and set the MINGW32 variable at the top of
+ the file to either 1 (you have Mingw32) or 0 (you have Cygwin32).
+ If using MINGW32, also set the MINGW32VERSION variable
+ appropriately.
+
-
c) Build instructions
-> Assumming that you installed the wxWindows sources
to c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h
-> Edit c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h so that
most features are enabled (i.e. defined to 1) with
- #define wxUSE_ODBC 0
+ #define wxUSE_ODBC 0
#define wxUSE_SOCKETS 0
#define wxUSE_HTML 1
#define wxUSE_THREADS 1
and iostreams ares disabled with
#define wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM 0
-
+
note: ODBC and SOCKETS can be 1 for gcc-2.95
-
+
-> type: cd c:\wxWin\src\msw
-> type: make -f makefile.g95 (if using GNU tools)
-or type: make -f makefile.g295 (if using Mingw32/gcc-2.95)
or type: make -f makefile.vc (if using MS VC++)
and wait, wait, wait. Don't leave the room, because the minute you do there
will be a compile error :-)
+NB: you risk to get quite a few warnings about "ANSI C++ forbids implicit
+ conversion from 'void *'" in all places where va_arg macro is used. This
+ is due to a bug in (some versions of) mingw32 headers which may be
+ corrected by editing the file
+
+ ${install_prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mingw32/egcs-2.91.57/include/stdarg.h
+
+ (instead of egcs-2.91.57 you may have something different), searching for
+ the lines
+
+/* Define __gnuc_va_list. */
+
+#ifndef __GNUC_VA_LIST
+#define __GNUC_VA_LIST
+#if defined(__svr4__) || defined(_AIX) || defined(_M_UNIX) || defined(__NetBSD__)
+typedef char *__gnuc_va_list;
+#else
+typedef void *__gnuc_va_list;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+ and adding "|| defined(_WIN32)" to the list of platforms on which
+ __gnuc_va_list is char *.
+
If this is successful, you end up with a libwx_msw.a in win32/lib. Now try
building the minimal sample:
-> cd samples/minimal
-> make
--> mv minimal minimal.exe
-and run it with wine, for example
+and run it with wine, for example (or copy to a Windows box)
-> wine minimal.exe
If all is well, do an install; from win32