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Pike on Windows

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Starting with version 7.7, Pike can be compiled directly on Windows. This technique uses MinGW and MSYS to produce a native Windows binary (ie there's no POSIX compatibility layer as with CygWin).

This technique seems to work, however there are some issues currently. The most serious of these seems to be the lack of working dynamic modules. A more promising technique is to use the freely available Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit, which contains the "cl" command line compiler, and the Microsoft Platform SDK, which contains all of the necessary headers and libraries. We then use rnctl, a pike script which converts gcc command line options into cl command line options.

You'll need the following in $HOME/nt-tools/tools:

rntcl
ar
pntld
ranlib

PATH=/c/progra~1/mica4c6~1/bin:/c/progra~1/mic977~1/bin/win64:/c/progra~1/mic$HOME/nt-tools/tools:$PATH
export PATH
LDFLAGS="-LC:/Progra~1/MIC977~1/lib -LC:/Progra~1/thirdpartylibs/lib"
export LDFLAGS
CPPFLAGS="-IC:/Progra~1/MIC977~1/include -IC:/Progra~1/thirdpartylibs/include"
export CPPFLAGS
INCLUDE=C:&#92;Program&#32;Files&#92;Microsoft&#32;Visual&#32;C++&#32;Toolkit&#32;2003&#92;include
LIB=C:&#92;Program&#32;Files&#92;Microsoft&#32;Visual&#32;C++&#32;Toolkit&#32;2003&#92;lib
export INCLUDE LIBCC=rntcl make

The general procedure:

install a standard windows build of pike.

download a snapshot of pike from 7.7 cvs

compile gmp as usual:

cd to bundles untar gmp ./configure make make install

compile nettle:

cd to bundles untar nettle-1.12.tar.gz untar nettle-1.12.ptar.gz

set env variables:

CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" export CFLAGS LDFLAGS

compile nettle:

./configure --disable-assembler make make install

compile pike 7.7:

./configure make make install

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