> On Nov 29, 2017, at 7:26 PM, Brian Davis <bitmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I attempted to run the script at: > > https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-on-windows > > To create a build environment for GnuCash on Windows where it failed at: > > Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812 > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > Boostrap GnuCash Development on Windows > --------------------------------------- > This script is intended for people that wish to develop GnuCash on Windows > It will download and install the minimal set of tools > to run a first build of the GnuCash sources. > It will install > - mingw-get, an msys shell and wget in c:\gcdev\mingw > - git in c:\gcdev\git-1.9.4 > - a gnucash-on-windows git repository cloned from > git://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-on-windows.git > into c:\gcdev\gnucash-on-windows.git > - a GnuCash git repository cloned from > git://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash.git > into c:\gcdev\gnucash.git > > Notes: > * Components already found in the given locations > won't be touched. Instead the available versions > will be used in that case. > * If the proposed locations don't suit you, you can > pass alternate locations as named parameters to this script. > For example to use c:\soft as base directory you can run this script as > bootstrap_win_dev.vbs /GLOBAL_DIR:c:\soft > Which parameters you can modify can be found near the beginning of this > script. > > Continue with the set up (Y/N) ? y > Checking c:\gcdev\mingw\bin\mingw-get.exe... Found, no need to install > Installing msys and wget... Success > Checking c:\gcdev\git-1.9.4\bin\git.exe... Found, no need to install > Checking if c:\gcdev\gnucash-on-windows.git > is a gnucash-on-windows git repository... Most likely ok, won't > clone > Checking if c:\gcdev\gnucash.git > is a GnuCash git repository... Not found > Set up GnuCash git repository... > Failed > > *** ERROR *** > Failed to set up GnuCash git repository. > > Cannot continue until this has been resolved. > > Pres enter to continue... > > > Also FYI "Pres" is spelled "Press" also when running script with command > line switch: > > c:\projects\GnuCash>bootstrap_win_dev.vbs /GLOBAL_DIR:c:\projects\GnuCash > > Gives the impression that: > > If the proposed locations don't suit you, you can > pass alternate locations as named parameters to this script. > For example to use c:\soft as base directory you can run this script as > bootstrap_win_dev.vbs /GLOBAL_DIR:c:\soft > > > is a complete lie as it still installs to c:\gcdev\ > > Thoughts?
Well, the first thought is don’t use that one, use setup-mingw64.ps1. The old mingw-classic scripts are for GnuCash 2.6 which has only a couple of releases left while the new mingw64 scripts (there are two more, buildserver/build_package.ps1 and bundle-mingw64.ps1) are for current and future development. The second thought is that we discourage trying to actually develop on MSWindows. GnuCash is a Unix program that we port to windows and a Unix development environment is far more conducive to productive work. That might be less true if you're really fluent with mingw/mingw64/cygwin. Third is that the mingw-classic script’s handling of parameters is annoyingly picky. It often takes me three or four tries to get right when I have to set up a new build environment. It does work when you finally figure out the right way to pass the parameters. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
