[PD] Compiling with msys2

[Miller Puckette]

Interesting... FWIW I wasn't able to get externals working either (I'm
cross compiling with mingw on a linux box, so I believe it's pretty much the
same compiler you're using).  I discovered that I had to build a whole second
copy of Pd using MSVC, and then (don't laugh... actually, yes, laugh) cop
pd.lib from teh MSVC build over to the mingw one.  So everything in the Pd
release is mingw except pd.lib.

I believe pd.lib contains no code, just a sort of index into pd.dll that an
extern needs at link time.  I think I was able to get mingw to make a .lib file
OK, but that externs linked against it would then crash.  I've been meaning to
revisit this someday, perhaps for 0.49 when I try to get 64 bit Windows
builds to work.

cheers
Miller

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:53:59PM +0200, Christof Ressi wrote:
> > Compiling with msys2 is straight forward?
> 
> no, not at all :-) but Dan will be working on it and I'll try my best to help.
> 
> I manage to get a working static build with ASIO support but externals (apart from the extra folder) don't work. Yesterday I've justed summed up the remaining major issues here:
> 
> https://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2017-07/021194.html
> 
> but I can definitely do the wiki once the build system works!
> 
> Christof
> 
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2017 um 21:44 Uhr
> > Von: "Lucas Cordiviola" <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>
> > An: "Christof Ressi" <christof.ressi at gmx.at>, "Dan Wilcox" <danomatika at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "Miller Puckette" <msp at ucsd.edu>, Pd-List <pd-list at lists.iem.at>
> > Betreff: Compiling with msys2
> >
> > Hi Christof,
> > 
> > Compiling with msys2 is straight forward?
> > 
> > Can you describe briefly for us?
> > 
> > I'll try it & possibly make a "how-to" on pd.info wiki.
> > 
> > Or can you do the wiki?
> > 
> > 
> > On 7/25/2017 10:05 AM, Christof Ressi wrote:
> > > OK, just compiled Pd with ASIO + MMIO with msys2 and the drop down menus look fine.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Mensaje telepatico asistido por maquinas.
> > 
> > 
> 
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