Changeset 2642

Timestamp:

26/02/2010 06:50:55 (2 years ago)

Author:

chris

Message:

Add instructions and support for building with readline on Windows.

Location:

box/trunk

Files:

• docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt (modified) (2 diffs)
• infrastructure/mingw/configure.sh (modified) (1 diff)

box/trunk/docs/api-notes/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt

@@ -69 +69 @@
         cp pcreposix.h /usr/include/mingw
 
+== Readline (Optional) ==
+
+If you want Readline support, download Readline version 6.1, unpack
+and install thus:
+
+        tar xzvf readline-6.1.tar.gz
+        ./configure --prefix=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32 \
+                CFLAGS="-mno-cygwin" \
+                CPPFLAGS="-mno-cygwin" \
+                LDFLAGS="-mno-cygwin"
+        make
+        make install
+
 == Download Box Backup ==
 
@@ -84 +97 @@
 
         cd trunk
-        ./infrastructure/mingw/configure.sh
+        ./infrastructure/mingw/configure.sh [--enable-gnu-readline]
         make
 

box/trunk/infrastructure/mingw/configure.sh

@@ -30 +30 @@
 fi
 
-if ! ./configure --target=i686-pc-mingw32; then
+if ! ./configure --target=i686-pc-mingw32 "$@"; then
         echo "Error: configure failed, aborting." >&2
         exit 1