Hello, I saw that into the new 1.8.7 there is already the fix for the mingw cross compiler that does not export global structures into DLL. I do not know if you can find this helpful, but I also tried with another cross compiler than the one packaged into debian distributions and it worked perfectly. I used this one:
http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cross/mingw32-linux-x86-glibc-2.5.tar.gz Instructions here (other stuff is also available at this URL): http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cross/README.txt Although it seems to work as is (and infact, in my first test I used it as it was), I suggest to update the core, include files and libraries to the latest level available at mingw's site. After doing a little fix because an error at configure (it could not run target executables), I compiled and installed guile successfully. The executable also runs fine in windows and the windows loader does not stop because unresolved dynamic links. I also inspected the content of libguile-17.dll with pexports.exe (it's a tool into a mingw package) and I could verify that the required structures are exported without the patch added into the new version. Sincerely, Carlo Bramini. ---------- Initial Header ----------- >From : guile-devel-bounces+carlo.bramix=libero...@gnu.org To : guile-devel@gnu.org Cc : guile-u...@gnu.org Date : Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:06:44 +0200 Subject : GNU Guile 1.8.7 released > We are pleased to announce GNU Guile release 1.8.7. This is the next > maintenance release for the 1.8 stable series. It provides a number of > portability improvements, bug fixes, as well as several new features. > > The Guile web page is located at http://gnu.org/software/guile/, and > among other things, it contains a link to the Guile FAQ and pointers to > the mailing lists. > > Guile is an interpreter for the Scheme programming language, with > support for many SRFIs, packaged for use in a wide variety of > environments. 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Here are the highlights, taken from > the `NEWS' file: > > * Bugs fixed > > ** Fix compilation with `--disable-deprecated' > ** Fix %fast-slot-ref/set!, to avoid possible segmentation fault > ** Fix MinGW build problem caused by HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC confusion > ** Fix build problem when scm_t_timespec is different from struct timespec > ** Fix build when compiled with -Wundef -Werror > ** More build fixes for `alphaev56-dec-osf5.1b' (Tru64) > ** Build fixes for `powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0' (AIX 5.3) > ** With GCC, always compile with `-mieee' on `alpha*' and `sh*' > ** Better diagnose broken `(strftime "%z" ...)' in `time.test' (bug #24130) > ** Fix parsing of SRFI-88/postfix keywords longer than 128 characters > ** Fix reading of complex numbers where both parts are inexact decimals > ** Allow @ macro to work with (ice-9 syncase) > ** Have `scm_take_locale_symbol ()' return an interned symbol (bug #25865) > ** Fix potential deadlocks when running on multiple threads > ** Fix problems building with the i586-mingw32msvc cross-compiler > > > Any bugs found in this release will be addressed by further bugfix > releases numbered 1.8.*. > > You can follow Guile development in the Git repository and on the Guile > mailing lists. 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