Re: cpmtools Win32 wanted

[Tarkin <Tarkin000@gmail.com>]

On Nov 12, 9:06 pm, Tarkin <Tarkin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 11, 11:36 am, "Bill Buckels" <bbuck...@mts.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am currently struggling with compiling cpmtools 2.7 in win32.
>
> > I am assuming that support is provided for Apple CP/M disk images in this
> > version and that 2.7 is in fact the latest version.
>
> >http://www.moria.de/~michael/cpmtools/
>
> > I would appreciate binaries that are already compiled if someone else has
> > toughed-out what I am attempting.
>
> > My next best case scenario to having the work already done for me would be
> > to have a working MinGW Makefile.
>
> > I'm probably out of luck and will actually need to do some work here, but
> > thought I would ask anyway.
>
> > Bill
>
> Ok, win32 ... and sounds like you are using MinGW.
> What, specifically, have you done so far? Or
> are you staring at the butt-end of a string of errors
> which is giving you a fright of terrors, after having
> Make'd it w/ MinGW?
>
> I'd like to help (if am able), because:
> - I'd like to have cpmtools on win32 as well
> - I've enjoyed the fruits of other people porting
>  OSS stuff to win32 (gvim, tkgate, others)
> - It would make for yet another way to torture
> myself with computers (enjoyable, but still
> frustrating, at times)
>
> If others in this NG feels this strays to far
> off topic, feel free to email me, and we can
> collaborate off-usenet.
>
> TTFN,
>   Stevo
> --
> What, me worry?

Oops, got it.

I'm going to assume you have MinGW.
If you please, get MSys. I've forgotten
what hoops it made me jump through
to get it installed, but be sure you
chase down all the niggling little doc
details on getting installed.

Got MSys and MinGW? Good.
Pull up MSys (should be a shellish
thing). Go to cpmtools-2.8
'Make' freaks out because Michael
(according to the comments in the
Makefile), didn't know how to use
autoconf to do a 'make depend'.
So YOU (the user), have to do it
manually (here's the whole shebang):

./configure
make depend    <-----
make

Copy the .exe's and defs and
whatever else you need to wherever
you are wont to put them.

It's been a while since I've had to
'make depend' ; last time, IIRC,
I was building a custom kernel
for Slackware version 8 or so....

HTH and TTFN,
  Tarkin