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* gstrfuncs.c (g_strccpy, g_strecpy): New functions.
* glib.h: Declare and document them. Define the deprecated
g_strescape as a macro that calls g_strecpy.
* tests/strfunc-test.c (main): Test them.
* makefile.{cygwin,msc}.in
* tests/makefile.{cygwin,msc}.in: Remove gstack and its test
program.
* glib.def: Additions and removals.
* README.win32: Improve gcc build instructions.
* build-dll: Also build import library for MSVC.
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General
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For more information about the port or GLib, GTk+ and the GIMP to
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native Windows, and pre-built binary packages, see
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http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ . "Native" means that we use the
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Win32 API only, and not any POSIX emulation layer except that provided
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by the Microsoft runtime C library. Additionally, a pthreads emulation
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library is used.
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To build GLib on Win32, you can use either the Microsoft compiler and
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tools, or gcc. Both the compiler from MSVC 5.0 and from MSVC 6.0 have
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been used successfully. With gcc I mean gcc-2.95 as distributed by
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Mumit Khan, running under cygwin-b20.1. To successfully use gcc,
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follow the instructions below. We want to use gcc -mno-cygwin,
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i.e. produce executables (.exe and .dll files) that do *not* require
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the cygwin runtime library. This is sometimes called "mingw32".
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To test the GLib functions, go to the tests subdirectory and enter
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`nmake -f makefile.msc check` or `make -f makefile.cygwin check`.
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If you would want to use the cygwin tools to generate executables that
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*do* use the cygwin runtime, the normal Unix configuration method
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should work as if on Unix. But it won't produce DLLs. At least I
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haven't succeeded in that.
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With a little work, it might be possible to use the ./configure
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mechanism also with a "mingw32" configuration.
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The following preprocessor macros are defined in glibconfig.h and used
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for conditional compilation related to Win32:
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- WIN32 is defined when compiling for the Win32 platform, regardless
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if using the X11 or Win32 windowing API (in the case of GLib, this
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dimension isn't significant), regardless whether using a more or
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less complete POSIX emulation runtime layer (like Cygwin) or not.
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- NATIVE_WIN32 is defined when compiling for Win32, *and* without
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any POSIX emulation, other that to the extent provided by the
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bundled Microsoft C library (msvcrt.dll) and the pthreads-win32
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library. For instance, pathnames are in the native Windows syntax.
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The Win32 port uses the combination with both of those on. As these
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are in glibconfig.h, they are available to all source files that use
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GLib (or GTk+, which uses GLib).
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Additionally, there are the compiler-specific macros:
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- _MSC_VER is defined when using the Microsoft compiler
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- __GNUC__ is defined when using GCC
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Some of the usage of these macros used to be a bit mixed up, and had
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to be straightened out when adding the gcc support. In particular, I
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used to check for _MSC_VER in some places where I really wanted to
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check for the Microsoft C library, and those checks has now been
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changed to NATIVE_WIN32. NATIVE_WIN32 ought to be renamed to
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USE_MSVCRT.
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Pthreads library
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================
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Before building you must get the pthreads library for Win32 from
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http://sourceware.cygnus.com/pthreads-win32/. The pthreads-win32
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snapshot from 1999-05-30 is the one that should be used. Edit the
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location of the pthreads library and include files in makefile.msc or
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makefile.cygwin. The pthreads distribution includes the precompiled dll
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and import libraries both for MSVC and gcc.
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The pthreads for Win32 package that the thread support uses supposedly
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isn't quite ready yet, and thus threads stuff should not be relied
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upon for anything serious.
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Where are the makefiles?
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========================
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If you are building from a CVS snapshot, you will not have any
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makefile.msc or makefile.cygwin file. You should copy the
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corresponding makefile.msc.in or makefile.cygwin.in file to that name,
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and edit the line that sets GLIB_VER to the correct version number.
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This is done automatically when an official distribution package is
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built.
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Building with MSVC
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==================
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If using the Microsoft toolchain, build with `nmake -f
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makefile.msc`. Install with `nmake -f makefile.msc install`.
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Building with gcc
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=================
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The gcc support was added quite recently, but seems to work. Debugging
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with gdb works. I use the latest and greatest gcc and mingw32.
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Somewhat earlier versions will also work, but you are on your own.
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Read and understand these instruction carefully. If you don't
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understand or can't follow the instructions, you probably shouldn't
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want to build glib (or gtk or gimp) yourself anyway.
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Fetch gcc-2.95 built for cygwin from
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ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/cygwin/gcc-2.95/gcc-2.95-cygb20.tar.gz
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Install it somewhere, for instance "C:\gcc-2.95" (/gcc-2.95 as seen
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from cygwin). We call this directory $GCCDIR below. You will have
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subdirectories "H-i586-cygwin32" and "include" under $GCCDIR.
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Next, you need to modify the gcc setup to use the msvcrt runtime
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instead of crtdll. Also, the mingw32 and win32 API headers and import
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libraries need to be added. I have collected all the necessary
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additions in the file
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http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/gcc-2.95-additions.zip . Install that
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in $GCCDIR. If you really want to do everything by yourself, follow
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the instructions in
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http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/gcc-environment-setup.html
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Next, go back to the GLib directory and build using `make -f
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makefile.cygwin`. Building the dlls uses the script build-dll which
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is somewhat of a hack. But I couldn't get things working in a cleaner
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way.
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--Tor Lillqvist <tml@iki.fi>
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