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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | win/README | 19 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | win/configure | 53 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | win/configure.in | 9 |
4 files changed, 65 insertions, 29 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +2001-11-07 Mo DeJong <mdejong@users.sourceforge.net> + + * win/README: Change minimum VC++ version to 5.X since + 4.X is known not to work. + Indicate that Mingw is required and building with Cygwin + gcc is not supported. Include instructions that indicate + how to install Mingw and what URLs folks should use to + download the supported version of Mingw. + * win/configure: Regen. + * win/configure.in: Error out if user tries to compile the + Windows version of Tcl with Cygwin gcc. Users should compile + with Mingw gcc instead. + 2001-11-06 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net> * generic/tclIO.c (ReadChars): Fixed bug #478856 reported by @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Tcl 8.4 for Windows -RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.22 2001/08/07 00:42:09 hobbs Exp $ +RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.23 2001/11/07 23:37:52 mdejong Exp $ 1. Introduction --------------- @@ -22,12 +22,22 @@ In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following items: Tcl 8.4 Source Distribution (plus any patches) - Visual C++ 4+ + Visual C++ 5 or newer or Cygwin 1.1 (See http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin) + Mingw (The gcc msvcrt 2.95.2-1 snapshot from http://www.mingw.org) + + ftp://ftp.nanotech.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/snapshots/gcc-2.95.2-1/mingw-msvcrt-20000203.zip + ftp://ftp.nanotech.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/snapshots/gcc-2.95.2-1/binutils-19990818-1-msvcrt.zip + ftp://ftp.nanotech.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/snapshots/gcc-2.95.2-1/gcc-2.95.2-1-msvcrt.zip + + Extract the contents of these zip files into /usr/local/mingw and + place /usr/local/mingw/bin at the front of your PATH env var. + + In practice, this release is built with Visual C++ 6.0 In the "win" subdirectory of the source release, you will find @@ -39,7 +49,10 @@ the tcl libraries and the tclsh executable. If you are building with Cygwin, you can use the configure script that lives in the win subdirectory. The Cygwin based configure/build process works just like the UNIX one, so you will want to refer to -../unix/README for available configure options. +../unix/README for available configure options. An error will be +generated by the configure script if you try to compile Tcl with +the Cygwin version of gcc instead of the Mingw version. Check your +PATH if you get this error. In order to use the binaries generated by these makefiles, you will need to place the Tcl script library files someplace where Tcl can diff --git a/win/configure b/win/configure index c11838a..ff44518 100755 --- a/win/configure +++ b/win/configure @@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ fi #-------------------------------------------------------------------- -# These two macros perform additinal compiler test. +# Perform additinal compiler tests. #-------------------------------------------------------------------- echo $ac_n "checking for Cygwin environment""... $ac_c" 1>&6 @@ -959,18 +959,23 @@ echo "$ac_t""$ac_cv_cygwin" 1>&6 CYGWIN= test "$ac_cv_cygwin" = yes && CYGWIN=yes +if test "$ac_cv_cygwin" = "yes" ; then + { echo "configure: error: Compiling with the Cygwin version of gcc is not supported. + Use the Mingw version of gcc from www.mingw.org instead." 1>&2; exit 1; } +fi + #-------------------------------------------------------------------- # Determines the correct binary file extension (.o, .obj, .exe etc.) #-------------------------------------------------------------------- echo $ac_n "checking for object suffix""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:968: checking for object suffix" >&5 +echo "configure:973: checking for object suffix" >&5 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_objext'+set}'`\" = set"; then echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6 else rm -f conftest* echo 'int i = 1;' > conftest.$ac_ext -if { (eval echo configure:974: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then +if { (eval echo configure:979: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then for ac_file in conftest.*; do case $ac_file in *.c) ;; @@ -988,19 +993,19 @@ OBJEXT=$ac_cv_objext ac_objext=$ac_cv_objext echo $ac_n "checking for mingw32 environment""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:992: checking for mingw32 environment" >&5 +echo "configure:997: checking for mingw32 environment" >&5 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_mingw32'+set}'`\" = set"; then echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6 else cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF -#line 997 "configure" +#line 1002 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" int main() { return __MINGW32__; ; return 0; } EOF -if { (eval echo configure:1004: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then +if { (eval echo configure:1009: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then rm -rf conftest* ac_cv_mingw32=yes else @@ -1019,7 +1024,7 @@ test "$ac_cv_mingw32" = yes && MINGW32=yes echo $ac_n "checking for executable suffix""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:1023: checking for executable suffix" >&5 +echo "configure:1028: checking for executable suffix" >&5 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_exeext'+set}'`\" = set"; then echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6 else @@ -1029,7 +1034,7 @@ else rm -f conftest* echo 'int main () { return 0; }' > conftest.$ac_ext ac_cv_exeext= - if { (eval echo configure:1033: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; }; then + if { (eval echo configure:1038: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; }; then for file in conftest.*; do case $file in *.c | *.o | *.obj) ;; @@ -1056,7 +1061,7 @@ ac_exeext=$EXEEXT echo $ac_n "checking for building with threads""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:1060: checking for building with threads" >&5 +echo "configure:1065: checking for building with threads" >&5 # Check whether --enable-threads or --disable-threads was given. if test "${enable_threads+set}" = set; then enableval="$enable_threads" @@ -1087,7 +1092,7 @@ EOF echo $ac_n "checking how to build libraries""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:1091: checking how to build libraries" >&5 +echo "configure:1096: checking how to build libraries" >&5 # Check whether --enable-shared or --disable-shared was given. if test "${enable_shared+set}" = set; then enableval="$enable_shared" @@ -1128,7 +1133,7 @@ EOF # Step 0: Enable 64 bit support? echo $ac_n "checking if 64bit support is requested""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:1132: checking if 64bit support is requested" >&5 +echo "configure:1137: checking if 64bit support is requested" >&5 # Check whether --enable-64bit or --disable-64bit was given. if test "${enable_64bit+set}" = set; then enableval="$enable_64bit" @@ -1145,7 +1150,7 @@ fi # Extract the first word of "cygpath", so it can be a program name with args. set dummy cygpath; ac_word=$2 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:1149: checking for $ac_word" >&5 +echo "configure:1154: checking for $ac_word" >&5 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CYGPATH'+set}'`\" = set"; then echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6 else @@ -1182,7 +1187,7 @@ fi # set various compiler flags depending on whether we are using gcc or cl echo $ac_n "checking compiler flags""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:1186: checking compiler flags" >&5 +echo "configure:1191: checking compiler flags" >&5 if test "${GCC}" = "yes" ; then if test "$do64bit" = "yes" ; then echo "configure: warning: "64bit mode not supported with GCC on Windows"" 1>&2 @@ -1372,7 +1377,7 @@ echo "configure:1186: checking compiler flags" >&5 echo $ac_n "checking for build with symbols""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:1376: checking for build with symbols" >&5 +echo "configure:1381: checking for build with symbols" >&5 # Check whether --enable-symbols or --disable-symbols was given. if test "${enable_symbols+set}" = set; then enableval="$enable_symbols" @@ -1402,7 +1407,7 @@ TCL_DBGX=${DBGX} #-------------------------------------------------------------------- echo $ac_n "checking how to run the C preprocessor""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:1406: checking how to run the C preprocessor" >&5 +echo "configure:1411: checking how to run the C preprocessor" >&5 # On Suns, sometimes $CPP names a directory. if test -n "$CPP" && test -d "$CPP"; then CPP= @@ -1417,13 +1422,13 @@ else # On the NeXT, cc -E runs the code through the compiler's parser, # not just through cpp. cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF -#line 1421 "configure" +#line 1426 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" #include <assert.h> Syntax Error EOF ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out" -{ (eval echo configure:1427: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; } +{ (eval echo configure:1432: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; } ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"` if test -z "$ac_err"; then : @@ -1434,13 +1439,13 @@ else rm -rf conftest* CPP="${CC-cc} -E -traditional-cpp" cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF -#line 1438 "configure" +#line 1443 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" #include <assert.h> Syntax Error EOF ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out" -{ (eval echo configure:1444: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; } +{ (eval echo configure:1449: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; } ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"` if test -z "$ac_err"; then : @@ -1451,13 +1456,13 @@ else rm -rf conftest* CPP="${CC-cc} -nologo -E" cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF -#line 1455 "configure" +#line 1460 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" #include <assert.h> Syntax Error EOF ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out" -{ (eval echo configure:1461: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; } +{ (eval echo configure:1466: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; } ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"` if test -z "$ac_err"; then : @@ -1483,17 +1488,17 @@ echo "$ac_t""$CPP" 1>&6 ac_safe=`echo "errno.h" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'` echo $ac_n "checking for errno.h""... $ac_c" 1>&6 -echo "configure:1487: checking for errno.h" >&5 +echo "configure:1492: checking for errno.h" >&5 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6 else cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF -#line 1492 "configure" +#line 1497 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" #include <errno.h> EOF ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out" -{ (eval echo configure:1497: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; } +{ (eval echo configure:1502: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; } ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"` if test -z "$ac_err"; then rm -rf conftest* diff --git a/win/configure.in b/win/configure.in index fd07348..7ab1973 100644 --- a/win/configure.in +++ b/win/configure.in @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # generate the file "configure", which is run during Tcl installation # to configure the system for the local environment. # -# RCS: @(#) $Id: configure.in,v 1.43 2001/10/15 21:53:46 hobbs Exp $ +# RCS: @(#) $Id: configure.in,v 1.44 2001/11/07 23:37:52 mdejong Exp $ AC_INIT(../generic/tcl.h) @@ -71,11 +71,16 @@ fi AC_PROG_MAKE_SET #-------------------------------------------------------------------- -# These two macros perform additinal compiler test. +# Perform additinal compiler tests. #-------------------------------------------------------------------- AC_CYGWIN +if test "$ac_cv_cygwin" = "yes" ; then + AC_MSG_ERROR([Compiling with the Cygwin version of gcc is not supported. + Use the Mingw version of gcc from www.mingw.org instead.]) +fi + #-------------------------------------------------------------------- # Determines the correct binary file extension (.o, .obj, .exe etc.) #-------------------------------------------------------------------- |