MinGW compilation instructions

2005-04-24 Thread Michael Schmitt
Hello everybody, if you create LyX 1.3 based on MinGW/MSYS and Qt/Windows Free Edition, you experience a lot of strange things. Therefore, I have created a small document with compilation instructions. Please see the attachment. Regards, Michael 1 MinGW & MSYS 1.1 Download the following packag

Re: MinGW compilation

2004-12-21 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 08:54:19PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: >> The unix "fork", "execvp" pair doesn't exist on Windows. We can launch a >> child process well enough by using "spawnvp", but then the unix >> "waitpid(..., NOHANG)" doesn't exist on Windo

Re: MinGW compilation

2004-12-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Andre Poenitz wrote: On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 08:54:19PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: The unix "fork", "execvp" pair doesn't exist on Windows. We can launch a child process well enough by using "spawnvp", but then the unix "waitpid(..., NOHANG)" doesn't exist on Windows either, so LyX will never be i

Re: MinGW compilation

2004-12-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 08:54:19PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > The unix "fork", "execvp" pair doesn't exist on Windows. We can launch a > child process well enough by using "spawnvp", but then the unix > "waitpid(..., NOHANG)" doesn't exist on Windows either, so LyX will never > be informed when

Re: MinGW compilation

2004-12-19 Thread Angus Leeming
Michael Schmitt wrote: > Dear Angus, > > could you please post "The remainder of Ruurd's changes" patch again? I > applied the patch a few seconds ago and was informed about two conflicts > by the patch tool. That's because you're applying against a moving target. I take little bits of the patch

MinGW compilation

2004-12-19 Thread Michael Schmitt
Dear Angus, could you please post "The remainder of Ruurd's changes" patch again? I applied the patch a few seconds ago and was informed about two conflicts by the patch tool. Another question: What is the problem with "fork" that you mentioned? Does it mean that LyX 1.3/1.4 is not working on