On 11/04/2011 6:54 AM, Josh Fisher wrote: > On 4/9/2011 4:04 PM, acorn12 wrote: >> On 09/04/2011 8:46 AM, Kern Sibbald wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Due to the complexity of building the Win32 FD, >> From what I have seen thus far, I can appreciate this :-) >>> we do not give help or support >>> on this. About the only thing we can recommend is that at least 6 different >>> developers have brought up build environments (one just recently) so if you >>> follow the instructions to the letter and are sufficiently skilled with C++ >>> to correct the minor compile problems with the Microsoft VSS code that we >>> are >>> not permitted to distribute, it *is* possible to get it working. >> Unfortunately, the problem for me seems to be more an unfamiliarity with >> Linux build configuration than C++ and the MS build system, as I am >> trying to build under Ubuntu - with very little success :-( > If you can install Fedora 14 in a VM, then you can try their pre-built > mingw32 build environment that can be installed from RPMs. See the > Fedora Mingw project.The build environment likely already includes all > needed libraries. Unfortunately, it only installs a 32-bit build > environment. A newer package called Cross Compiler Framework will ship > in Fedora 15 or 16, and will include targets for win32, win64, and Mac > OSX (assuming legal issues are resolved). Thank you for the suggestion, though I admit that am a bit reluctant to go even further out of my comfort zone and install yet another major piece of software with just enough difference to confuse me even further :-)
Already the idea of having to actually rebuild the mingw32 environment caught my by surprise - but I suppose under Linux, that is not too uncommon, which is OK if you are (or intend to take the time to become) a Linux guru - but there are other things on my plate, besides 'backup'. > In any case, it would be best to first test the win32 build environment > with something simple to make sure the build environment was not the > issue, then tackle Bacula and the VSS code issues It seems the initial objective of draining the swamp is being more and more obscured by all the ***** mosquitoes :-( <sigh> Surely there MUST be someone who actually does this cross compile - though understand all too well that if one keeps doing it in an established environment, many of the 'prerequisites' "just happen to be all set" from all of the earlier 'fixes', but if one has to start from scratch, some major 'musts' are missing. -- Fight Spam - report it with wxSR http://www.columbinehoney.net/wxSR.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
