[DVDnav-discuss] cross/mingw compilation (was assertion failure with certain DVD's)

[Rafaël Carré]

Le Thu, 1 Dec 2011 11:18:59 -0700,
Roger Pack <rogerdpack2 at gmail.com> a écrit :

> >> $./configure2
> >> ./configure2: line 95: cd: /usr/local/: No such file or directory #
> >> needs to be run in bash I believe
> >
> > Nope, you need to set the install prefix with --prefix=blabla
> 
> Sweet that fixed it, as long as the prefix exists, otherwise same
> error message different path :)
> 
> >> Checking if we're big-endian... ./configure2: line 113: mktemp: command not found
> 
> This meant I didn't have msys installed, only mingw (my bad).
> 
> >> Done, type 'make install' to build and install
> 
> >> (appears to set HAVE_DLFCN_H in error)
> >
> > Without using autotools, dlfcn.h presence is not detected
> 
> Is there a way to use autotools with libdvdread?

Yep, use ./configure and not ./configure2

>  I'm a bit lost, as
> is evident.  though I can work around it for now.  This actually makes
> me wonder how anybody is compiling it for their windows distros today.
>  I know mplayer just uses the src directory and its own configs (which
> work), dunno about VLC/others.  It seems like both msys and cross
> compiling don't work, or can somebody give me an example of how they
> do work, somehow?
> 
> > ./msvc/config.h:#define HAVE_DLFCN_H 1
> >
> > And it is assumed to exist (is this file made for Visual Studio?)
> 
> I guess so, since it's under the msvc dir.

I think it shouldn't be used for mingw then, in vlc we remove reference
to this directory

> >> Also as a note when it runs strip and ranlib, if it's being cross
> >> compiled, it would be helpful to call their equivalent:
> >> $ ./configure2 --cc=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
> >> should eventually call i586-mingw32msvc-ranlib
> >>
> >> maybe it could use a new configure option for a prefix or what not.
> >
> > ./configure --host=i586-mingw32-msvc should work
> 
> Yes I think it needs an option like that added (configure2 doesn't
> appear to have one as of yet).

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Rafaël Carré