Re: [Chicken-users] Windows build status

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> > In a burst of energy yesterday, I got a "how to build with CMake" 
> > document mostly done.  But it is not quite finished, because I used 
> > the MinGW 5.0.0 downloader / installer for my MinGW installation, and 
> > using that, chicken.exe turns into complete buggy crap.  I think 
> > MinGW 5.0.0 is a bad compiler setup.
> I didn't have any better luck with the GCC 3.4.5 [Candidate] 
> versions.  Oddly, there are no compilers listed as [Current] versions 
> on mingw.org. Meanwhile, I can't seem to access sourceforge.net right 
> now to look for older versions.  Maybe it's Sprint's fault, my 
> internet connection seems to be awfully unreliable late at night.  Or 
> maybe everyone else thinks that 4 am is the time to do disruptive 
> maintenance rather than get real work done.
>
> I'm going to try with an older archive of GCC 3.4.4 I have lying around.

I finally solved the mystery.  The Microsoft Platform SDK has to be
installed, and its paths, include, and lib variables have to be set in
the Windows environment.  I'm not sure why this is necessary.  I am
wondering if it's a Chicken issue, a CMake issue, or a MinGW issue.
Someone seems to need a tool or lib that the PSDK provides.  Anyone got
any ideas?

Anyways, the MinGW 5.0.0 downloader / installer works just fine, so I'll
change my build instructions accordingly.  It's the most convenient way
to install MinGW.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every