[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #169: Standard build system should support windows with MSVC

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#169: Standard build system should support windows with MSVC
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 Reporter:  richard       |             Owner:  richard
     Type:  defect        |            Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal        |         Milestone:
Component:  Build system  |           Version:  SVN trunk
 Severity:  normal        |        Resolution:
 Keywords:                |        Blocked By:
 Blocking:                |  Operating System:  Microsoft Windows
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Changes (by olly):

 * cc: james (added)


Old description:

> The standard build system (ie, configure, autotools, etc) should be able
> to
> detect and use MSVC on a windows system.  This will require some unix
> support
> stuff to be installed, but MSys & Mingw should suffice (ie, a full cygwin
> installation shouldn't be needed).
>
> Mark has made some progress in this direction, and Richard made a start
> at
> looking at it, so this bug is intended as a place to collaborate.
>
> Olly says: "I don't know if libtool's support has bitrotted though.  If
> it has,
> there's a (very poorly named) wrapper called "wgcc" which translated gcc
> options
> to msvc"

New description:

 The standard build system (ie, configure, autotools, etc) should be able
 to
 detect and use MSVC on a windows system.  This will require some unix
 support
 stuff to be installed, but MSys & Mingw should suffice (ie, a full cygwin
 installation shouldn't be needed).

 Mark has made some progress in this direction, and Richard made a start at
 looking at it, so this bug is intended as a place to collaborate.

 Olly says: "I don't know if libtool's support has bitrotted though.  If it
 has,
 there's a (very poorly named) wrapper called "wgcc" which translated gcc
 options
 to msvc"

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Comment:

 james filed #683, which is a duplicate of this:

 > It should be possible to drive the MSVC tools (principally the compiler
 & linker) from autotools, which would provide us with a single build chain
 for all platforms.
 >
 > This thread suggests it is mostly a matter of installing MSYS (from
 mingw, but not using its compiler) and passing suitable options to
 configure:
 >
 > ​https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-09/msg00003.html

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