[Mono-list] Mono Windows/Cygwin Repeatable Build Process

[Adam Chester]

I think there is a combination of reasons, but yes, the mono-build-w32.sh
rarely works without some hair-pulling...

I've heard many people say the same, so it's not just you and me.

As for making it work, I don't have the skills/time, lets hope someone who
does is listening. April 2003 was the last time I had a couple of days to
spare on making it build. Nobody on #mono or even on this list seems to know
how to make it build without fail (at least nobody I've come across).

-adam 

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[mailto:mono-list-admin@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Joe Mozelesky
Sent: Monday, 5 January 2004 1:38 PM
To: mono-list@lists.ximian.com
Subject: [Mono-list] Mono Windows/Cygwin Repeatable Build Process
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Hello,

I was wondering if there were any plans to update mono-build-w32.sh to a
working state, or if there is a working build script for Windows/Cygwin
floating around out there?  I just spent the past 2 days trying to compile
Mono on Cygwin.  I did a fresh install of Cygwin, and I selected to install
_everything_.  I have tried building using mono-build-w32.sh, and I have
tried building from a tarball, and I have tried checking it out from CVS and
building it manually.

I keep running into one problem after another.  There is no single document
describing what is required for a successful build.  Following the
instructions in the Mono handbook does not work.  There are a lot of posts
in the mailing list archives about various common problems like libgc not
found, autoconf version issues, etc.  I have messed with various settings
for LDFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, PKG_CONFIG_PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, ACLOCAL_FLAGS,
PATH, etc. etc. to no avail.  Every time I hack/fix one problem, there is
another problem.

I would really like to get a setup so I can do a repeatable build from CVS
to keep current with various updates/bugfixes.  I think this is the intent
of the mono-build-w32.sh script.  Can all of the above be consolidated into
a set of steps that will work and is repeatable?  If by some stroke of luck
I am able to get this to compile on my laptop, I am going to have to go
through this same 2 day process on my desktop trying to get it to build
there.

Is my experience uncommon?  Are others out there able to compile fine on
Windows/Cygwin?  Is there something I am missing?  Isn't there an automated
build process that runs every night and verifies the build works
successfully and nothing is broken on all target platforms?

My setup:
Laptop
Windows XP Professional SP 1
Cygwin 1.5.5-1 everything installed

I have the correct autotools versions after copying the cygwin devel
versions into /usr/bin.  I corrected the libgc problem by copying gc.dll to
/usr/lib.  I am now getting errors in mono/metadata about icall.c.

I am just frustrated and I am wondering if it is something that I am doing
wrong, or if the build script is broken, or if there is some easy way to get
a 'reference' environment setup.  It seems like others have had success
building Mono on Cygwin with relative ease, so I'd like to determine what is
different about my clean-install environment.

Thanks,
Joe



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