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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:04:58 +0000
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Subject: RE: Microsoft Tools for Windows Builds
From: Ross Gardler <rgardler@opendirective.com>
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Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity.
On Nov 20, 2011 7:00 PM, "Pedro Giffuni" <pfg@apache.org> wrote:
>
> FWIW;
>
> It would be really nice to have a Windows buildbot.
>
> http://ci.apache.org/buildbot.html

Feel free to make such a request of infra. They work hard to support such
requests. If it is viable they will make it happen.

Ross

>
> cheers,
>
> Pedro.
>
> --- On Sun, 11/20/11, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamilton@acm.org> wrote:
> ...
> > Hi Ross,
> >
> > The goal is to be able to do the Windows Build with the
> > free tools that Microsoft has available.  That includes
> > the free-to-download Microsoft Visual Studio Express
> > software (specifically the Visual C++ Express Edition), the
> > Microsoft SDK, and the Windows DDK.  This assures that
> > anyone can do a build for Windows without having to have an
> > MSDN Subscription or a commercially-sold version of Visual
> > Studio, so long as they can meet the configuration
> > requirements for building on a Windows PC.
> >
> > A secondary problem, independent of how one acquires the
> > Microsoft developer tools, is that the toolset and build
> > structure for OO.o looks, walks, and talks like a Unix/Linux
> > build.  To have the build process work on Windows,
> > cygwin (which provides a bash work-alike and a large set of
> > Unix-style utilities) has to have access to the Microsoft
> > tools as if they were installed on a Unix system that has
> > provisions for executing Windows software.
> >
> > The experiment I did yesterday was a proof-of-concept
> > demonstration that finding the Microsoft tools from cygwin
> > is easier than digging around in the Windows registry, since
> > (1) firing up cygwin preserves the environment variables and
> > path that are set in Windows at the time and (2) all of the
> > Windows developer tool sets that run from the command-line
> > have scripts that setup environment variables and path for
> > their command-line operation.  I just connected those
> > dots.  There is more to do to make an easily
> > customizable bridge script, especially for running on a
> > localized version of Windows.  But the concept
> > works.  It also puts the Windows-configuration binding
> > outside of the build itself, so it can be performed and
> > customized prior to starting cygwin and then initiating a
> > build.  It's also easy to build checks into the scripts
> > (as I did just for locating the VC++ compiler) so that an
> > user knows the configuration is located properly before even
> > attempting the build.
> >
> > This may get us over some of the gnarlies that seem to be
> > in the way of easily setting up a Windows build.  But
> > it is just a proof-of-concept at this point.
> >
> >  - Dennis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ross Gardler [mailto:rgardler@opendirective.com]
> >
> > Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 02:05
> > To: dennis.hamilton@acm.org;
> > ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > Cc: Regina Henschel
> > Subject: Re:Microsoft Tools for Windows Builds
> >
> > We used to have free MSDN licenses for Apache projects. I
> > can't remember
> > the details and I'm not sure if the donation is still
> > valid. Would this
> > provide what is needed in a convenient way? If so I'll find
> > or what the
> > status is.
> >
> > Ross
> >
> > Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and
> > brevity.
> > On Nov 20, 2011 6:07 AM, "Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamilton@acm.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Another conversation came up (on [libre-office]) on
> > how to find the
> > > installed
> > > VC++ software from within cygwin.  The attempted
> > approach involved
> > > mucking-about in the Windows Registry in order to
> > track down the tools.
> > >  That
> > > struck me as the long way around.  The Windows
> > Developer Tools themselves
> > > are
> > > able to bootstrap command-line environments using a
> > few environment
> > > variables
> > > and some batch scripts as levers.
> > >
> > > I also confirmed that when cygwin starts up, it
> > absorbs the path and
> > > environment variables that exist at the time.
> > >
> > > This preconditioning seems much healthier than
> > attempting to reach out from
> > > cygwin into the Windows environment.
> > >
> > > Here's how I demonstrated it working.
> > >
> > >  1.  I have batch scripts that I use to
> > launch console windows with the
> > > Visual
> > > C++ environment all set up.  One is the attached
> > MyVC++.bat.txt (with the
> > > .txt
> > > removed).  It creates the correct path,
> > environment variables, etc., for a
> > > VC++ command-line build.
> > >
> > >  2. The second batch script, VCygwin.bat.txt
> > (without the .txt) is placed
> > > in
> > > my C:\cygwin folder where I can run it whenever I want
> > a cygwin environment
> > > that is already set up to use VC++.  (A copy of
> > MyVC++.bat is placed in the
> > > same folder with the original cygwin.bat script and
> > the modified
> > > VCygwin.bat.)
> > >
> > >  3. What I get when the cygwin is started using
> > VCygwin.bat is shown in the
> > > attached PNG file.  (In the illustrated case, I
> > am using a MyVC++.bat that
> > > sets up VC++ 2010 Express Edition, what I have
> > installed on the same
> > > machine I
> > > just added cygwin to.)
> > >
> > >  4. This same principle can be used to create a
> > setup that uses additional
> > > included files and libraries of the Windows SDK and
> > the ATL include files
> > > and
> > > libraries of the Windows DDK.  It is setup before
> > cygwin is started and the
> > > settings and tools are then available for the entire
> > session.
> > >
> > > That's how I would do it. (I need to test the same
> > idea to see if it works
> > > with the bash shell in the Windows Posix SUA
> > subsystem.)
> > >
> > > There's more too it of course because of the way the
> > Windows file system is
> > > mapped for access under cygwin and how commands to the
> > VC++ command-line
> > > compiler are created.  But that must be done
> > somehow either way.
> > >
> > >  - Dennis
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamilton@acm.org]
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 20:49
> > > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > Cc: 'Regina Henschel'
> > > Subject: RE: Need a current build for WinXP 32bit
> > >
> > > Thanks Mathias,
> > >
> > > I found the ATL headers in the WinDDK/.../inc/atl71/,
> > and libraries too.
> > > There is also the ATL Reference Guide and other
> > materials available at MSDN
> > > on-line, along with some books in a very dusty corner
> > of my office shelves.
> > > That is one heck of a dependency.  I wonder how
> > much of it actually adds to
> > > OO.o to do a static binding [;<).
> > >
> > > It would be interesting to see how much could be
> > replaced by plain-vanilla
> > > COM
> > > dependencies.  Not something I will be in any
> > hurry to dig into though.
> > >  Just
> > > something to nag my mind while I concentrate on
> > simpler things first.
> > >
> > >  - Dennis
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamilton@acm.org]
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 11:44
> > > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > Cc: 'Regina Henschel'
> > > Subject: RE: Need a current build for WinXP 32bit
> > >
> > > Thanks Mathias,
> > >
> > > I missed your earlier response.
> > >
> > > I just checked to see whether the DLLs are on my
> > system already and they
> > > are
> > > of course.  7.1, 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0 plus related
> > patches.
> > >
> > > I will look into the WDK.
> > >
> > > This seems a good place to start:
> > > <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487463>.
> > > The release notes are interesting.  Hmm, 619.77
> > MB ISO Image.  OK, time to
> > > go
> > > do other chores while the download happens.
> > >
> > >  - Dennis
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mathias Bauer [mailto:Mathias_Bauer@gmx.net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 01:13
> > > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > Subject: Re: Need a current build for WinXP 32bit
> > >
> > > On 31.10.2011 20:18, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> > > > Regina,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to find an already built Win32 WinXP
> > version too.  I
> > > > despair of ever succeeding in building one myself
> > without extensive
> > > > practice with the tools that I am expected to
> > operate to accomplish
> > > > that.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know how to deal with the ATL
> > dependencies. I thought that it
> > > > was going to be made available independently, but
> > it is apparently
> > > > still tied to VC++ 200xy non-express editions.
> > >
> > > As I already wrote on this list some weeks ago, you
> > can get ATL headers
> > > by installing the Windows driver SDK. It might require
> > to add paths to
> > > your build environment, but basically it should work
> > with VS Express.
> > >
> > > It might be an idea to install the driver SDK, get the
> > necessary stuff,
> > > move it into a suitable location, adapt include path
> > and library path of
> > > your build env and then deinstall the otherwise
> > useless SDK again.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Mathias
> > >
> >
> >

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