[M3devel] new Win32 build from current source

[Tony Hosking]

LONGINT will need work on the native x86 backend.  Should not be too  
hard, given how little needed to change for the gcc-based backend to  
handle LONGINT.

[PS  I have a couple of fixes to LONGINT that I am working on in the  
front-end compiler.  Issues with LONGINT subranges and their  
representation.  I am hoping this fixes the bug I discovered in  
LONGINT on PPC_DARWIN w.r.to off_t in file stat structs.]

On Aug 12, 2007, at 3:27 PM, j k wrote:

> Can folks try this? Make it available on the web page?
> There hasn't been a win32 release for longer than other platforms.
> I can build "core" and "std" if folks want.
> These files are directly output from scripts\win\make-dist.cmd.
>   It has the support for "core" and "std", commented out.
>   If folks prefer, tar.gz, .zip, and self extracting .zip are  
> possible; .bz2 is smallest.
>   Perhaps a version number should be in the .tar path structure?
>
> The install instructions are like (no cminstall, replaced by using  
> vcvars32.bat which lets one CM3 install move among different tools,  
> debatable which is better)
>
>  cd /d c:\
>  optionally rmdir /q/s cm3
>  tar xvjf cm3-min-WIN32-NT386-d5.5.0.tar.bz2
>  run the usual vcvars32.bat or whatever (or use the start menu link  
> that Visual C++ setup creates)
>  set PATH=c:\cm3\bin;%PATH%
>  set LIB=c:\cm3\lib;%lib%
>
>  optionally, a good test:
>   cd <cvs>\scripts\win
>   .\do-pkg-std realclean
>   .\do-pkg-std buildship
>
> I have not tested the longint stuff and it likely doesn't work yet.
>
> The files are in ~jkrell on m3.elegosoft.com:
> C:\>ssh jkrell at m3.elegosoft.com find .
>
>   ./cm3-min-WIN32-NT386-d5.5.0-symbols.tar.bz2
>   ./cm3-min-WIN32-NT386-d5.5.0.tar.bz2
>
> Remember you will need
>   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=32BC1BEE- 
> A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE
> or http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? 
> FamilyID=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647
>
> or I could build it with an older toolset if folks want.
>
> Thanks,
>  - Jay
>
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