Commit 09e8daf5 authored by Francois Gouget's avatar Francois Gouget Committed by Alexandre Julliard

Fix the Winelib case.

The linking aspects have been solved by the last winebuild update -> removed from the todo list. The configure script has been updated -> removed from the todo list.
parent 4ec10596
......@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ winemaker \- generate a build infrastructure for compiling Windows programs on U
.PP
.B winemaker
is a perl script designed to help you bootstrap the
process of converting your Windows sources to WineLib programs.
process of converting your Windows sources to Winelib programs.
.PP
In order to do this winemaker can perform the following operations:
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......@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ the executables and libraries you are trying to build, match them with
source files, and generate the corresponding Makefile.in files.
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- finally winemaker will generate a global Makefile.in file calling out to all
the others, and a configure script customized for use with WineLib.
the others, and a configure script customized for use with Winelib.
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- winemaker knows about MFC-based project and will generate customized files.
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......@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ $ winemaker --lower-uppercase -DSTRICT
The above tells winemaker to scan the current directory and its
subdirectories for source files. Whenever if finds a file or directory which
name is all uppercase, it should rename it to lowercase. It should then fix
all these source files for compilation with WineLib and generate Makefiles.
all these source files for compilation with Winelib and generate Makefiles.
The '-DSTRICT' specifies that the STRICT macro must be set when compiling
these sources. Finally winemaker will create a global Makefile.in and
configure.in, and run autoconf to generate the configure script.
......@@ -186,16 +186,16 @@ The next step would be:
$ ./configure --with-wine=/usr/local/opt/wine
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This generates the makefiles from the Makefile.in files. The generated
makefiles will fetch the WineLib headers and libraries from the Wine
makefiles will fetch the Winelib headers and libraries from the Wine
installation located in /usr/local/opt/wine.
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And finally:
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$ make
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If at this point you get compilation errors (which quite likely for a
reasonable sized project) then you should consult the WineLib User Guide to
find tips about how to resolve them.
If at this point you get compilation errors (which is quite likely for a
reasonably sized project) then you should consult the Winelib User Guide to
find tips on how to resolve them.
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For an MFC-based project one would have run the following commands instead:
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......@@ -212,14 +212,14 @@ $ make
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Winemaker should support the Visual Studio project files (.dsp for newer
versions and .mak for some older versions). This would allow it to be much
more accurate, especially for the macro, include path and library path
more accurate, especially for the macro, include and library path
settings.
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Assuming that we have the windows executable/library available, we could
Assuming that the windows executable/library is available, we could
use a pedump-like tool to determine what kind of executable it is (graphical
or console), which libraries it is linked with, and which functions it
exports (for libraries). We could then restore all these settings for the
corresponding WineLib target. The problem is that we should have such a tool
corresponding Winelib target. The problem is that we should have such a tool
available under the Wine license first.
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The wrapper code should be generic, i.e. you should be able to have just one
......@@ -229,21 +229,12 @@ Furthermore it is not very good at finding the library containing the
executable: it must either be in the current directory or in the
.IR LD_LIBRARY_PATH .
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The current way we link with libraries is not very good: with link, in the
Unix sense, with all of them, and with none in the WineLib sense. But we
lack a good means of detecting which libraries we should link with.
Furthermore this area will change significantly when winebuild make sit
possible to really link in the WineLib sense (i.e. via the spec file).
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Work remains to be done on the configure script. Especially in the area of
detecting headers and libraries that are already in the include/library path.
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Winemaker does not support message files and the message compiler yet.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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The WineLib User Guide:
The Winelib User Guide:
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http://wine.codeweavers.com/docs/winelib-user/
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