[Mono-dev] Failing to compile mono on Windows cygwin

[Bryan Crotaz]

I have gcc 4.7.3.  You say I have to install gcc v3 but no clue as to where
I might find such a mythical beast.  Do you have a url for the installer?

Bryan


On 26 August 2013 00:01, <Jean-Michel.Perraud at csiro.au> wrote:

> A blank line is certainly not the expected behaviour of a Mono 'make'. I
> tried to checkout the master branch to double check what you describe but
> encountered instead "fatal: Not a git repository" for an external module.
> Seen that git annoyance in the past, can fix but I don't have enough time.
> I very much doubt the cygwin build is as broken as you describe.
>
> I'll forward you in a separate email a PDF of a personal wiki page I have
> to remind myself how to go about compiling Mono on Windows, in case this
> helps.
>
> You certainly to not need all cygwin packages. From my notes what I
> typically need to add to a rather Spartan cygwin setup:
>  “autogen.sh requires a few additional packages to be installed in cygwin:
> bison, libtools, automake of course, and the gettext packages (incl devel
> packages), or you get a configure: error: msgfmt not found. You need to
> install the 'gettext' package, or pass --enable-nls=no to autogen.sh or
> configure”
>
> Not sure exactly what you are after with "Alternatively, where can I
> download a zip of the binaries and VS project so that I can start adding
> tests and fixing bugs?". Which binaries: the mono runtime and/or including
> the framework (C# assemblies)?
>
> Assuming you'd be OK to recompile the mono runtime and the C# assemblies
> (sounds like you have VS), the core mono runtime (mono-2.0.dll) is
> relatively easy to build in VS, though sometimes broken and VisualCPP
> and/or C code needs update/adjustments to get things going. Look under the
> 'msvc' folder (past outdated instructions). One can definitely set up a
> mono runtime in debug mode in VS.
>
> You can, with a fair bit of work, get the VS project files/solutions: look
> at "msvc/scripts/README". You can even build most of them, though there are
> quirks. However to my knowledge you cannot debug these through VS, unless
> something like Mono Tools for Visual Studio is alive and maintained unknown
> to me.
>
> FYI I have a fork intended to better document and improve the VS build use
> cases, but it is a draft and I struggle to find time for it
> https://github.com/jmp75/mono/tree/msvc_build_20130604
>
> By the way if someone had advice on a feasible procedure and setup with
> MonoDevelop for contributors to Mono itself, I for one would be interested.
>
> Hope this helps.
> J-M
>
>
>
> From: mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com [mailto:
> mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Crotaz
> Sent: Sunday, 25 August 2013 9:43 PM
> To: mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com
> Subject: [Mono-dev] Failing to compile mono on Windows cygwin
>
> I've found a bug in mono, logged it, and created a unit test for it.  Now
> I want to add the test to the Mono test suite, and fix it.
>
> So I've now spent 2 days attempting to work out how to get cygwin to work,
> ending up installing ALL the packages to get autogen to run successfully.
>
> I'm now stuck.
>
> I run make and get nothing.  No error, just a blank line and back to the
> prompt.  I'm assuming this isn't correct.  What do I do to fix this?
>
>
> Alternatively, where can I download a zip of the binaries and VS project
> so that I can start adding tests and fixing bugs?
>
> Bryan
>



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Bryan Crotaz
Managing Director
Silver Curve
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