Build 3.0 on mingw/msys

I am attempting to build GNU Smalltalk 3.0 using MSYS shell and mingw
environment.
I have overcome the error reported elsewhere requiring
lib-src/library.la to be added to two lines in Makefile:
 gst_tool_LDADD and  gst_tool_DEPENDENCIES

But am now getting a failure when running gst-tool gst-package:
./gst-tool gst-package --kernel-dir="/c/dev/mingw/smalltalk-3.0/kernel"
--image="/c/dev/mingw/smalltalk-3.0/gst.im" --srcdir=.
--target-directory=. packages/browser/package.xml
mkdir "C:\DOCUME~1\paulb\LOCALS~1\Temp\gstar-DOSSUZ"
mkdir "C:\DOCUME~1\paulb\LOCALS~1\Temp\gstar-DOSSUZ\Browser"
cp -p -f "c:\dev\mingw\smalltalk-3.0\packages\browser\BrowShell.st"
C:\DOCUME~1\
paulb\LOCALS~1\Temp\gstar-DOSSUZ\Browser\BrowShell.st
gst-package: Operation not permitted

The problem is that msys shell does not recognise the DOS-style target
path in the 'cp' command: the path needs to be in quotes as the source
path is.  I cannot find where the source for this command is.

PS Are there any instructions for a build on msys/mingw?

Yours

Paul Butcher
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ASA Ltd.
Alton, Hants, UK




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It is a "fake" command, it is only shown by scripts/Package.st to show
what's going on.  The paths are given to CopyFile, more or less.  You
can put debugging code in lib-src/symlink.c.

Paolo


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Paul Butcher wrote:
> Thank you for your help on this.  By debugging in lib-src/symlink.c I
> noted that an initial forward slash is being put on the first arg
> (old_path).  (i.e. old_path was set to "/c:/path/smalltalk/" and Windows
> doesn't like the initial slash.
> I 'cludged' a fix by resetting the string pointer to &old_path[1] in
> CopyFile call and all seems to work.
> Presumably this goes back to to scripts/Package.st where the symlink
> call originates? but I couldn't trace the fault myself.

I'll take a look, and I've applied the change you suggested (commit
ca71f799).

What are the failures?

Thanks!

Paolo


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Paul Butcher wrote:
> Sorry for delay in answering this one.
> Please find attached archive of testsuite.log and testsuite.dir from
> clean build.
>
> Some tests report OK but were not - the following clarifies:
> 7: intmath.st hangs - ctrl-C to clear

That's probably because you don't have GMP, or it is not found.

If you have it, probably the easiest thing to do is configure with
--prefix=/mingw (if you're not using it already).

> 114: Digest causes 'The application or DLL ......\digest\.libs\digest.a
> is not a valid Windows image.'
> 116: Iconv causes 'The application or DLL ......\iconv\.libs\iconv.a is
> not a valid Windows image.'
> 118: Zlib causes 'The application or DLL ......\zlib\.libs\zlib.a is not
> a valid Windows image.'
>
> The last 3 suggest the packages are trying to load the wrong file - the
> .a archive rather than the DLLs.

That's what it suggests, but I'm not sure.  It might be a problem with
ltdl too.

Does Sport pass, or is it skipped?  It also uses an external module, it
would be interesting to understand if the .dll is loaded, and if so why.

Paolo


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